7 hours ago by Rational Jenn

I just realized this event is tonight! There will be a live chat with Jane Nelsen at the Positive Discipline Ning Group from 9:30 - 10:30 pm (Eastern) tonight. I'm hoping to join in. When Does PD Stop Being PD? Avoiding Permissiveness & Manipulation What does Jane Nelsen have to say about avoiding p ...

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3 days ago by M at Hidden Valley Simplicity

Page rank 5 Page rank 5 I found myself yelling at the kids. Again. Utter frustration that three toddlers were not listening to a word I said. Placing them with more firmness than was warranted, each child was placed in time out throughout my apartment. No small task, given how small my place is and ...

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3 days ago by MojoMom

It's been a busy week so I haven't blogged, but I did get a new Mojo Mom Podcast ready for you. It's a good one -- Positive Parenting Solutions founder Amy McCready and I had a lot to talk about, and we really got into the heart of several key positive discipline strategies. I hope you'll listen in: ...

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5 days ago by Ansley

Charlie is entering into a new phase of toddlerhood that is a lot more challenging. He’s been SO easy to work with for so long that I’ve gotten spoiled! So it’s miraculous timing that Dr. Jane Nelson will be hosting an online chat this month AND will be in Atlanta next month for an evening lecture a ...

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6 days ago by Rational Jenn

The issue of force and children is an important one, and one that I have often heard discussed in real life as well as online. I've also seen the following quotation by Leonard Peikoff used in these discussions among Objectivists (emphasis added): There are only two fundamental methods by which men ...

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7 days ago by Rational Jenn

Awesome! Jane Nelsen, author of the Positive Discipline books, is going to be in Atlanta on December 2 and December 3. She'll be giving a lecture on Wednesday evening, and an all day workshop on Thursday. I am planning to attend both. From the event page: Positive Discipline for Developing Capable P ...

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8 days ago by Rational Jenn

I'm hosting the next edition of the Non-Punitive Discipline blog carnival. Here's a description of the carnival: This carnival accepts original posts having to do with any aspect of non-punitive discipline from birth on up. We will not accept posts about punishing or rewarding in any way, no matter ...

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10 days ago by Erin

Mama Sweet: Brushing my 3 year old's teeth has become quite a battle in our house recently. Yesterday, as I was trying to brush her teeth, she put her finger in my mouth and started scrubbing my teeth. She thought it was so funny to mimic my brushing and in the end, we were all laughing. It was such ...

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10 days ago by admin

Disciplining toddlers: when temper tantrums get out of hand. When we feel like our connection to our child has broken down because they won’t listen to a word we are saying then it most probably has. The problem is that when our children are out of control then we are most probably beyond our realms ...

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11 days ago by Jackie Frederick-Berner

Oh, puhleeze! According to The New York Times Style section, we are a generation that yells at our children. That’s right, yells. We wouldn’t even think of spanking their behinds (some of us, anyway), but we sure do yell. So, why are we yelling our heads off, New York Times Style section? Do tell! E ...

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