Discipline from Birth to Three: How Teen Parents Can Prevent and Deal With Discipline Problems With Babies and Toddlers (Teens Parenting Series) [Hardcover]

Jeanne Warren Lindsay (Author), Sally McCullough (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1998 | Series: Teens Parenting Series

Describes for teenage parents how to discipline young children using teaching strategies rather than punishment and offers the advice and comments of young parents themselves.

Editorial Reviews

From Kirkus Reviews

Once again, a publisher that has found a niche with books for teens who have adult responsibilities meets a need by teaching teenage parents about positive discipline. The core here is an overview of development (including little experiments--e.g., to demonstrate an infant's memory at different stages) plus emphasis on discipline as a way to guide learning and educating through love and trust. Using comments and questions of young parents, the authors get to the essence of child-rearing concerns. Can you spoil an infant? What if your parents pressure you to hit the child, or to be too lenient? Guidelines (e.g., distract rather than punish) are geared specifically to teens: pithy, easy-to-read instructions; behavior that may be new--planning ahead, remembering the nature of infants, offering constant supervision, going slow to avoid future problems. Questions about issues like tantrums, meals, and living in a three-generation home are methodically answered, including introspection about ``too much going wrong'' and options--with one exception: The authors state that ``No one should ever discipline a child in anger,'' but too little is said about how to handle that anger. Bibliography; index. (Nonfiction. 14+) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Jeanne Warren Lindsay is the author of 17 other books dealing with adolescent pregnancy and parenting, including Do I Have a Daddy?, Teen Dads, and Your Baby's First Year. She lives in Buena Park, California. Sally McCullough lives in West --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Morning Glory Pr; Revised edition (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885356358
• ISBN-13: 978-1885356352
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,956,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for pregnant & parenting teenagers, February 23, 2006

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This review is from: Discipline from Birth to Three: How Teen Parents Can Prevent and Deal with Discipline Problems with Babies and Toddlers (Teen Pregnancy and Parenting series) (Hardcover)

I am very impressed by this book. It is well written and in language a teenager can understand. I used this book while preparing to teach a class to pregnant and parenting teens and found that even adults have something to learn by reading this book (although it is certainly not written for an adult reader.) The information is concise and correct. It focuses on positive parenting to improve the parent's self-esteem while teaching the parent to develop the self-esteem of their child. Not only does the book pose the difficulties of being a parent, it also points out support systems and strategies for inproving a child's behavior. Most importantly, the book looks at parenting from an adolecent's point-of-view. The authors did an excellent job of addressing real parenting dilemmas, but they were able to tailor the material to an adolescent's perspective. I also appreciated that the authors included comments from teen parent's in the teen's words. I think all parenting classes should have one book for each student to read.

4.0 out of 5 stars Review from a teen mom, February 28, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Discipline from Birth to Three: How to Prevent and Deal with Discipline Problems with Babies Andtoddlers (Teens Parenting) (Paperback)

I thought that this book was very good. I loved the quotes from actual teen parents- I could really relate. The suggestions were very good. The only thing I didnt really like was that there wasn't enough focus on teen parents that were possitive.