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

Try this with your finicky eaters. Give the kids super-small portions and then set the timer for twenty minutes. If the children ...

the kids for not eating. Eating is a Start behavior, not a Stop behavior. What will help prompt the ...

ROUND TWO The conversation should have gone like this: “I’m ready for my ice cream now.” “You’ll have ...

“Well, if your mother’s willing, it might be possible.” “Mom, you gotta go. It’s so neat! There’s this ...

every family eat supper together every night of the year. This is the time, the experts claim, for “family ...

Small portions and a kitchen timer The Three-Out-of-Four Rule The Divide-and-Conquer Routine ...

16 TACKLING THE HOMEWORK PROBLEM What to Do When Schoolwork Is Taking Over Your Family HOMEWORK CIVIL WARS MAKE school night ...

Spontaneous Requests Strictly Forbidden! First of all, the worst mistake you can make is to ask your child—just ...

Let your daughter, for example, explain to her teacher why her work was not completed. And when ...

naturally, is to point out the word she spelled wrong. Right? Wrong! PNP stands for “Positive-Negative-Positive.” W ...

every night. The boy would finish his assignments and bring them to his father for checkout. That was the good ...

stickers. Five is the highest mark and one is the lowest mark. A child can earn one point for each of th ...

more than half won! You can also set up friendly incentive games with this last Magic Point. F ...

No spontaneous requests! Natural consequences The Positive-Negative-Positive (PNP) Method The Rough Checkout Charting ...

17 GOING TO BED–AND STAYING THERE! How to Handle the Nightmare of Bedtime FOR MANY FAMILIES, PUTTING the kids to bed ...

parental wishful thinking allowed! The Basic Bedtime Method Before you do anything else, set a bedtime for the ki ...

Quik Tip The Basic Bedtime Method will save you lots of aggravation in the evenings. The first requirement is that you pick a ...

Right? Perhaps not. At this point some parents say, “How naive you are. When I leave she’s right ...

prep was done, one of us (we took turns) just sat in the chair, facing into the hallway. We left the s ...

If you have a child who is older than five or six, you might be able to use charting to encourage ...