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Discipline Without Distress: 135 tools for raising caring, responsible children without time-out, spanking, punishment or bribery [Perfect Paperback]

Judy Arnall
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March 2, 2007
Discipline that you and your child will feel good about! Spanking and Time-outs do NOT work. At last, a positive discipline book that is chockful of practical tips, strategies, skills, and ideas for parents of babies through teenagers, and tells you EXACTLY what to do in the moment, for every type of behaviour, from whining to web surfing. Includes 50 pages of handy charts of the most common behaviour problems and the tools to handle them respectfully! Parents and children today face very different challenges from the previous generation. Today's children play not only in the sandbox down the street, but also in the world wide web, which is too big and complex for parents to control and supervise. As young as aged four, your child can contact the world and the world can contact them. A strong bond between you and your child is critical in order for your child to regard you as their trusted advisor. Traditional discipline methods no longer work with today's children and they destroy your ability to influence your increasingly vulnerable children who need you as their lifeline! You need new discipline tools! Currently being translated into Spanish (now available through Ediciones Medici), Korean, and Chinese.

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Offers a wealth of ideas and suggestions for raising children without the use of punishment of any kind. --Linda Adams, President and CEO of Parent Effectiveness Training

The world is in desperate need of gentle, caring discipline techniques. Judy Arnall has created a wonderful, nurturing guide that all parents can benefit from. --Elizabeth Pantley, Author of The No-Cry Series Solution books

Judy's book is packed with solid information on child discipline from an attachment theory perspective. I particularly appreciated the focus on prevention of misbehaviour. The breakdown of typical development by age and stage and how that impacts discipline is particularly helpful. There are good solid tips for parents of children of all ages. --Kathy Lynn, Author and President of Parenting Today

About the Author

Judy Arnall, BA, is a Professional Parenting and Teacher Conference Speaker, Trainer and Educator for several health organizations, The University of Calgary, a Toastmaster award winning speaker, and mother of five children. She has taught thousands of parents respectful, research based parenting tools that have brought them closer to their children and they will work for your family too.

Product Details

  • Perfect Paperback: 440 pages
  • Publisher: Professional Parenting Canada; 1st edition (March 2, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9780978050900
  • ISBN-13: 978-0978050900
  • ASIN: 0978050908
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 0.9 x 6.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Judy Arnall

Parenting Speaker, Author and Trainer

Judy is an award-winning international parenting and teacher conference speaker and a dynamic presenter of a variety of parenting topics, especially parenting the digital generation. As a professional member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and Toastmasters, she has given advice in television interviews at CBC, CTV and Global Television, CBC Radio, and national print media such as Chatelaine, Today's Parent, Parents, Glow, Canadian Living, ParentsCanada, Canadian Family, Globe and Mail, and Post Media Newspapers.

As authorized facilitator of the "Parent Effectiveness Training" (P.E.T.) series, which she teaches at the University of Calgary Continuing Education Department, Judy has also helped develop and present the Alberta-wide 3 Cheers for The Early Years, "Terrific Toddlers" five-week course curriculum. She is a featured parenting expert on the internationally known magazine and website, Mothering.com, a regular columnist for Calgary and Edmonton's Child magazine, and also speaks for corporate, government and association conferences.

Judy is author of the bestseller, "Discipline Without Distress: 135 Tools for raising caring, responsible children without time-out, spanking, punishment or bribery" and the new DVD, "Plugged-In Parenting: Connecting with the Digital Generation for Health, Safety and LoveTM."

Judy's latest book is one that no parent should be without. "The Last Word on Parenting Advice" is a 128 page book with only one page of parenting advice - trust yourself! It's available on Amazon and is a great gift for new and experienced parents.

Judy has a broad understanding of the issues facing parents and relationships in the workplace. She is a believer in helping parents make informed decisions based on valid parenting information and she will move parenting skills from great to excellent. Judy can be reached in Calgary, Canada with her husband and five children.

www.professionalparenting.ca
jarnall@shaw.ca (403) 714-6766

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars
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4.8 out of 5 stars
The text is rather voluminous but I like that it gives examples/checklists and real life scenarios. Daniel Tomich  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
The book provides many tools and perspectives that are very helpful. S Johnson  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
My son is 14 months old and I am halfway through the book. LittleTreasures  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
53 of 56 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Discipline with Distress Says It All! October 22, 2009
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As I was learning how to discipline my strong-willed 18 month old, I was reading a lot about how to discipline. Included in these books (I had NOT yet read Discipline Without Distress) were the benefits of spanking by very good and some Christian well intentioned people that I truly believe love children. However, as my son became more defiant, he seemed to be getting spanked more and more and it wasn't working. I was hardly doing more than tapping his bottom, but it was breaking his heart, breaking mine that I felt I had to do it, and it didn't seem to be solving his 'normal for age' behavioral issues. That is when I did some more searching on Amazon for some alternatives to spanking.

Discipline Without Distress has been well researched! It breaks down for you where your child is developmentally at each age and SEVERAL EXAMPLES of how to act in numerous situations. We parents like concrete examples! Strong-willed children or high needs children DO NOT HAVE TO BE SPANKED! It may take much more effort on the part of the parent to be patient and act, not react, but this book will help give you the tools you need.

As for my son, this book seems made for him. Using the techniques in this book, such as redirection for one, is 200% more effective than spanking ever was.

I would recommend reading or buying this book first, before you read ANY literature on pro spanking. Discipline Without Distress is so thorough, I doubt you will feel the need to read pro spanking books.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Discipline Without Distress...uh, kind of January 5, 2010
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Discipline Without Distress? Well, I wouldn't go THAT far. I love the book though. Putting the advice into action hasn't been easy for me and has required a lot of change in my thinking. My 4 yr old son can be volatile and way out of control frequently; he's a wonderful child, but still. I ordered this book when NOTHING was working with disciplining him: spanking, yelling, time-outs, taking away toys, rewards etc. Over a short amount of time - and I mean very short - I could see in some situations how the 'techniques' worked and things had improved for both me AND him. Things I love about the book - it's focus on: building a loving relationship, advocating the child's independent self-evaluation/correction of undesirable behavior, and instilling confidence in me to discipline my child so he learns the true lesson in a situation. The book provides many tools and perspectives that are very helpful. I am very pleased with our progress so far (2 weeks into it now). What I don't like - is really only one thing - and that's the advice to avoid situations that can trigger behavior problems in the child (like eating out, visiting friends, etc). A lot of the situations she names are not avoidable for us. I just try to keep in-line with the overall direction and prepare the best I can with him in advance for the situations that I know tend to be difficult. Bottom line, I highly recommend the book - especially if you feel you've tried everything - and nothing seems to be working.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Okay, it is apparent that Judy, the author loves and adores kids. What better expert to write a book like this. Her book is PACKED with tools and information that will leave any parent feeling very confident. She is an advocate of positive parenting and is an incredible asset to the field of raising kids in a humane and loving way. Two cheers for Judy!

Other books that you may find helpful are: Kids, Parents and Power Struggles, How To Talk So Kids Can Listen, Got the Baby Where's the Manual, Between Parent and Child,and Undconditional Parenting.

Kimberley Clayton Blaine, MA, MFT
Licensed Child Therapist
founder, www.TheGoToMom.TV
Author: Mommy Confidence: 8 Easy Steps to Reclaiming Balance, Motivation, and Your Inner Diva
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4.0 out of 5 stars For grand child
This was to help our son and his wife deal with the stress of raising a very intelligent but difficult to manage child. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Windwalker3
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't use timeout for minor infractions!
I LOVED the sensible advice in this book. And the quick reference chart is really handy. Scenarios and diaogue are offered.
Published 3 months ago by Deege
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Every parent should read this! So insightful on great loving techniques raising children! Very informative and eye opening. Good book!
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I must say, over the last year, I have read 4 or 5 books with similar ideas as what's in this book, but I really enjoy this one's delivery. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Daniel Tomich
4.0 out of 5 stars A different way of thinking about discipline
I was somewhat skeptical when I ordered this book, but our 6-year-old had been increasingly surly and our 2-year-old was giving new meaning to the phrase "terrible twos. Read more
Published 14 months ago by NC Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars Attachment Parenting for kids over 2
From the get-go, we've practiced Attachment Parenting, but once our kids reached tantruming age, we fell back to behavior modification with time-out, rewards, threats, punishments,... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Rosnow
5.0 out of 5 stars YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! My son is 14 months old and I am halfway through the book. I have been implenting a lot of the techniques and finding that they work! Read more
Published on November 29, 2010 by LittleTreasures
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely LOVE this book..!
I have a 1 1/2 year old and I was looking for a book that I could relate to. Something that had the same philosophies as I do that would give me tools on how to implement them in... Read more
Published on September 20, 2010 by Stacy
5.0 out of 5 stars The best discipline book I have read
I highly recommend this book. It is easy to read and full of practical tips on how to actually handle things that come up in your parenting journey. Read more
Published on August 30, 2010 by K. Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book on Nonpunitive Teaching
This is the best discipline book I've read so far. I found it really helpful and liked how the author gives suggestions on what to do in specific instances. Read more
Published on June 1, 2010 by A. Elrod
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