1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting

behavior routine, praise can help keep the cooperation or good performance going. Many parents, ...

enjoys praise, then by all means provide it—when appropriate. The tactic of praise sometimes gets criticized for ...

every negative one (and, by the way, a count is one negative comment). These positive remark ...

requests are made in a matter-of-fact way, but—believe it or not—the mere tone of voice can also say, ...

kids respond. Phrasing a request as a question and adding the ridiculous “we” to the statement ...

and use them—as we’ll see later—to help control sibling rivalry. Timers can be part of routin ...

This plan, of course, requires that the kids first have a source of funds from an allowance, work ...

dog’s hungry. You wait. At six fifteen your son comes running in asking if you fed the dog. ...

they get stuck with all the extra chores around the house. Well, think of this. Now, if you are going to ...

With natural consequences you let the big, bad world teach the child what works and what doesn’t. There ...

(his empty stomach) talk to him instead of his mother talking to him. Give him some encouragement by say ...

pajamas watching cartoons when the car in the drive honked. Mom then calmly sent her son off to school in ...

With charting, positive reinforcement comes, we hope, from three things: the chart itself, parental praise ...

kids, larger rewards that take longer to earn become more feasible. Let yourself be creative in comin ...

Renting a special movie A grab-bag surprise Comic book or magazine Friend over for supper Choice of three ...

As mentioned earlier, one of the most frequent mistakes parents make with the 1-2-3 program is attempting ...

your services. The charge will be twenty-five cents for the coat and twenty-five cents for all the ...

different wardrobe is on his mind at all. Here are some choices you have at this point: Set the timer ...

talking about, so he’ll respond with, “What?” His comment may even be a little ornery. That’s good—ma ...

Next you describe the process as you model the procedure for them. “First, I’m going ...