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Three-Level Method of Discipline

How many times do you warn your kids before you administer a punishment? Is it three? Five? Depends on how you are feeling? As you know, consistency is the name of the game when we discipline. Your kids have to know what to expect in order for any method to work. Dr. Jerry Day describes a corrective teaching method called the three-level method of discipline. The first level is a warning. This is done with no penalty attached. It’s when you tell your kids to stop tormenting the cat, bickering among themselves or climbing on the furniture. If they take … Continue reading →

Discipline Problems? All It Takes Is A SMILE.

Being a parent is hard. Before you have kids, it looks kind of easy. I was born an aunt, so I’ve been around kids my entire life. However, once you become a parent you realize it’s not easy at all. But it is a rewarding occupation, even with the ups and downs. How to discipline effectively is one of those issues that all parents face. Many of the techniques that we use simply don’t work for our kids, or they don’t work all the time. That’s an unpleasant fact that we have to face. When we fail, we have to … Continue reading →

Discipline Do’s and Don’ts

As parents we are always looking for more effective techniques that show us how to deal with common problems that we all face. Discipline is one of those areas. In the November issue of Parents, they offer five tips for discipline do’s and don’ts. (1) Don’t Bribe— Most of us are guilty of bribing our kids at one time are another to either get them to do something or not do something. Giving our kids rewards for work well-done is okay but we have to resist the urge to reward them in other instances, for example, giving them candy to … Continue reading →

The One Right Way to Discipline

I was reading the forums this morning and it got me thinking. I know how dangerous that is! But seriously, it occurred to me that parents often are looking for The Solution to their parenting challenges. They look to message boards such as ours here at Families.com, they look to each other, to family, to books and media, to television shows such as SuperNanny. They look and they look. It reminds me of dieting. Fad diets come and go and, with each one. The same general group of folks jump on the bandwagon in the hopes that This Is It: … Continue reading →