Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, Revised Second Edition: For Their Early Years - Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful [Paperback]

Jane Nelsen Ed.D. (Author), Cheryl Erwin (Author), Roslyn Ann Duffy (Author), Roslyn Duffy (Author), Jane Nelsen (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0761515151 | ISBN-13: 978-0761515159 | Publication Date: October 7, 1998 | Edition: 2 Rev Sub

Positive Discipline for Positive Results!
Caring for young children is one of the most challenging tasks an adult will ever face. No matter how much you love the child, there will be moments filled with anger, frustration, and even desperation. There will also be questions: Why does my child deliberately lie to me? Why won't she listen to me? Should I ever spank her when she is disobedient?
Over the years, millions of parents just like you have come to trust Jane Nelsen's Positive Discipline series. These books offer a commonsense approach to child-rearing that so often is lacking in today's world. Now completely updated to report the latest research in child development, Positive Discipline for Preschoolers will teach you how to use kind but firm support to raise a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful. You'll find practical solutions on how to:
·Prevent misbehavior through nonpunitive discipline—not punishment
·Avoid the power struggles that often come with the challenges of mastering sleeping, eating, and potty training
·Instill valuable social skills and positive behavior inside and outside the home by using methods that teach important life skills
·Employ family and class meetings to tackle discipline and developmental problems
·And much, much more!
"Once parents grasp and use the amazing power of Positive Discipline, their home will be transformed into a place of love and learning like no other."
—Joan K. Comeau, Ph.D., president, Family Information Services
"By leading parents in a natural direction of wisdom and responsibility, this book encourages trust in the parent/child relationship and asks the simple yet profound question, 'Given this particular situation, what will you do?'"
—Janice Lind Raun, M.A., family therapist

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Positive Discipline for Positive Results!

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Positive Discipline for Positive Results!
Caring for young children is one of the most challenging tasks an adult will ever face. No matter how much you love the child, there will be moments filled with anger, frustration, and even desperation. There will also be questions: Why does my child deliberately lie to me? Why won't she listen to me? Should I ever spank her when she is disobedient?
Over the years, millions of parents just like you have come to trust Jane Nelsen's Positive Discipline series. These books offer a commonsense approach to child-rearing that so often is lacking in today's world. Now completely updated to report the latest research in child development, Positive Discipline for Preschoolers will teach you how to use kind but firm support to raise a child who is responsible, respectful, and resourceful. You'll find practical solutions on how to:
·Prevent misbehavior through nonpunitive discipline?not punishment
·Avoid the power struggles that often come with the challenges of mastering sleeping, eating, and potty training
·Instill valuable social skills and positive behavior inside and outside the home by using methods that teach important life skills
·Employ family and class meetings to tackle discipline and developmental problems
·And much, much more!
"Once parents grasp and use the amazing power of Positive Discipline, their home will be transformed into a place of love and learning like no other."
?Joan K. Comeau, Ph.D., president, Family Information Services
"By leading parents in a natural direction of wisdom and responsibility, this book encourages trust in the parent/child relationship and asks the simple yet profound question, 'Given this particular situation, what will you do?'"
?Janice Lind Raun, M.A., family therapist

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Product Details

• Paperback: 369 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 2 Rev Sub edition (October 7, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761515151
• ISBN-13: 978-0761515159
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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247 of 252 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Disciplining your Preschooler, September 20, 2003

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S. Y. Newton (Lewisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, Revised Second Edition: For Their Early Years - Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful (Paperback)

`Discipline without Shouting or Spanking', `How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, too!' and `Positive Discipline for Preschoolers' are three different books with almost identical messages. All believe that shouting and spanking are counterproductive and that successful discipline requires a parent or caregiver to calmly teach and reinforce the rules of good behavior.

`How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, too!' and `Positive Discipline for Preschoolers' are both 300 plus page books and are arranged similarly. They begin by explaining what is typical preschooler behavior and what developmental factors are at play during this stage. This information encourages parents to make a paradigm shift and see "bad" behavior as developmentally appropriate behavior that needs the gentle hand of an adult to help channel it. They then follow with in depth discussions of good discipline strategies and how they differ from our natural knee-jerk responses. Both books end with practical examples of how to apply these discipline strategies to common behavioral problems.

I would recommend either of these books to anyone who has come to see that shouting and spanking doesn't work and wants to learn what does. `How to Behave so Your Preschooler Will, too! is written in an organized, succinct, clean style and will appeal to those who enjoy a "textbook-like" book. `Positive Discipline for Preschoolers', on the other hand, has a more friendly, meandering tone and is written in a "chatting over a cup of coffee" style with tons of first hand accounts thrown in.

"Discipline without Shouting or Spanking' is half the size of the previous two books and confines itself to practical applications. An outline format is used to discuss 37 common behavior problems. For each behavior problem it offers several suggestions to prevent the problem, solve the problem and even what not to do. Each discussion ends with an illustrative story. I would recommend this book to those already convinced that "positive discipline" works and looking for an easy to read, "in the trenches" handbook.

All three books are excellent resources for the parents and caregivers of preschoolers but as their content is so similar, I'd strongly urge a potential buyer to take advantage of Amazon's Look Inside! feature and purchase the one whose format and writing style most suits your literary taste.

85 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for parents who want practical, useful advice., April 29, 1999

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This review is from: Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, Revised Second Edition: For Their Early Years - Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful (Paperback)

For once, I've found a great parenting book that gives easy-to-understand advice and concepts on the art of raising a respectful and happy child. It also introduces a parent to the concept of identifying and respecting a child's developmental stage. This greatly puts a parent's mind at ease: the more you know, the better you'll react to negative behaviors in a constructive way. Have questions? The book systematically takes you through "positive" techniques on how to stear the child toward positive behaviors. Let's face it, we're all prone to knee-jerk reactions when it comes to child-rearing, e.g., we react to negative behaviors in a way that could prolong or promote more negative results. I loved the way this book wove in real-life anecdotes and real solutions to everyday questions that I have as a parent.

186 of 201 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Still Not Helpful If You Have Kids Under 3, August 17, 2000

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Mandy D. (Vienna, VA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, Revised Second Edition: For Their Early Years - Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful (Paperback)

I read this in addition to "Positive Discipline" (see my review for that), because I was desperately looking for some advice on the 2-3 year old. Unfortunately, neither books addresses this age group. It seems if you have a "terrible 2" year old, you just have to wait it out until they reach 3 or 4, and then apply the rules of positive discipline. The concept of positive discipline is GREAT, but very hard to do. This book was not written as well as "Positive Discipline" was. It had way too many examples and not enough solutions. For example, the issues of hitting (kids hitting kids) is barely discussed. Basically, I think reading "Positive Discipline" is sufficient, and this book does not shed any more light, even though it claims to address preschoolers.