Category Archives: Gentle Discipline

Practicing positive and gentle discipline

• Sometimes, gentle is not the whole answer – and it’s okay.

  Lessons on accepting and providing the loving guidance your unique child needs can be hard to swallow at times – especially when, as I have, you experience a severe awakening that a large portion of your parenting style needs to change in order for your trusting relationship with your child to really blossom.  MORE

• 5 Lessons My Kids Taught Me

  Children are amazing teachers, when we only stop to listen. Justin of Lone Home Ranger shares 5 lessons her children taught her.  MORE

• The Loud Sound of Emotion

  I have a preschooler now. It really blows my mind to say that, but it’s true. Gwen is 3-years old and is definitely full of “big kid” spunk, fieriness, and emotion; however, she is still learning how to control those rollercoaster emotions of hers and learning the frustrations of not having complete control over her life and world. I find myself having to give myself more and more “time outs” to breathe and regroup so as to not lose my cool. I also find myself needing some new tools in my arsenal.
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• When Parents’ Fears Escalate

  If we didn’t self-doubt, we probably wouldn’t care enough about our children to struggle with trying to get to know them and understand them. But how do we overcome self-doubt? Read for some advice from guest author, Laurie Hollman, Ph.D.  MORE

• Redefining Misbehavior Part I: What is Misbehavior?

  What is this thing that occupies the minds’ of parents we call “misbehavior”? What defines misbehavior and is there another way of looking at it? This is part 1 of a series looking at misbehavior and what drives it.  MORE

• Hitting Out of Fear

  In a society where we speak out against the hitting of women, against the hitting of racial minorities, against the hitting of animals, against the hitting and bullying of anyone, there are still a large number of people who think hitting children is perfectly acceptable or even necessary.  MORE

• Is That Natural Consequence You are Allowing Really a Good Discipline Choice?

  Natural Consequences can be a powerful gentle parenting tool in disciplining children, but sometimes Natural Consequences prove to be too dangerous.  MORE

• Compassionately Dealing With Whining

  How to choose to respond in a positive, relational way to this often irritating tone of voice.  MORE

• Don’t Snatch

  When your toddler has something they shouldn’t have, how do you handle it? Prise it forcibly out of their fingers? But then — shouldn’t “don’t snatch” apply to adults, too?  MORE

• Becoming a Gentle Parent

  For most people, becoming a gentle parent means a smaller change than they may think. I share three small but key differences that turned my parenting around and helped me get the most out of my relationships with my kids.  MORE

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