Discipline Methods

Colorado mom "shames" kids with T-shirt messages

Sherri Kuhn — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:30:00 -0700

One of the most difficult parts of parenting is discipline. Discipline is simply the act of teaching your child right from wrong, with consequences to reinforce rules and values. But there are times when even your best parenting plan isn’t working — we’ve all been there. One desperate mom tried a new tactic, and found herself in the middle of a controversy.

Master negotiations

Tonya Wertman — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -0800

If you’ve ever had to get a resistant child to leave a public place without having a complete meltdown or found yourself pulling your hair out over days of unsuccessful potty training, you’ve probably discovered the beauty of offering rewards. To avoid an all-out crisis, are they really bad?

Parenting contract: Negotiating with your kids

Lisa Steinke — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0700

Tired of pulling your hair out because your kids constantly abuse their screen time or don't do their chores without you asking five times? Try a parenting contract. Draw one up with your kids and sign on the dotted line. The results could change your relationship!

Parenting Guru: The benefits of emotion coaching

Julie Weingarden Dubin — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:00:00 -0700

You can teach your children how to master their frustrations at a very early age, says Kimberley Clayton Blaine, a Los Angeles-based national parenting expert. Blaine, a licensed family and child therapist who specializes in working with young children, says kids who aren’t able to freely express themselves may grow up with issues that can prevent them from having healthy relationships and successful careers. To avoid such issues, she advises parents to foster emotional intelligence through emotion coaching. Blaine practices emotion coaching with her kids, ages 5 and 7, and offers insight to the technique below.

Parenting Guru: Are you a mean mom?

Julie Weingarden Dubin — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:00:00 -0700

Denise Schipani, the mom of two boys, ages 7 and 9, wrote Mean Moms Rule: Why Doing the Hard Stuff Now Creates Good Kids Later , because she had a lot to say about raising kids in a slightly old-school way. “Helicopter parenting, over-involved, mama-as-selfless-saint parenting had been 'in' for some time, and it never appealed to me,” she says. Schipani, who blogs at Mean Moms Rule, shares her advice with SheKnows below.

Mom vs. Dad: The discipline debate

Lisa Steinke — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:00:00 -0700

Does this sound familiar: your child does something wrong and you want to punish him, but your spouse disagrees. So who gets to decide what to do? If you have conflict with your husband about discipline and find that it often causes conflict between you, there are solutions. Read on for ways you can reach a compromise on how to teach your child right from wrong.

Evaluating your discipline techniques

Christina Holt — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:45:00 -0800

A New Year calls for an evaluation of not only your physical health but your emotional health as well. Whether you’re learning new techniques for your toddler or evolving and reevaluating your strategies with your tween, these resources can help to make sure you’re on track for your child’s need and your emotional wellbeing.

Should a parent discipline other people's children?

Mama Kat — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:17:00 -0700

In this installment of Tough Love, Mama Kat from Mama's Losin' It offers advice of disciplining other people's children.

Selling toys on eBay as punishment: Good parenting?

Kim Grundy — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:15:00 -0800

One of the big issues parents grapple with is discipline: Are we being too strict...or not strict enough? One mom decided to sell her kids’ favorite toys on eBay as punishment. Did she go too far -- or do you think this was a good lesson for her kids?

Parenting debates: Spanking

Laura Willard — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:12:00 -0700

There are parents who firmly believe that spanking is an effective discipline tool, parents who would never, in a million years, spank their children and parents who don’t believe in spanking, but may have reactively given their little one a light swat once or twice. And while some parents may be proponents of spanking, it seems a lot of experts feel that spanking isn’t a great discipline method. Read on for the reasons.