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

Ground Rules for Effective Parenting The place to start is with your basic parenting philosophy—your overall or ...

example, what if your daughter, Megan, slaps her brother, Jon? Time for the demanding side of pa ...

raising emotionally intelligent and mature kids. The second reason is a bit sad. You want your children to gro ...

how you’ll replace these negative actions with deliberate, respectful, and more useful 1-2-3 Magic str ...

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2 YOUR JOB AS A PARENT Three Things You Can Do to Raise Happy, Healthy Kids WE HAVE THREE SEPARATE parenting jobs that ...

technique to control obnoxious behavior, and you will be pleasantly surprised at how effective that ...

Some parents only need a simple reminder about Parenting Job 3: strengthening your relationship with your children. However, oth ...

from mildly irritating to pretty obnoxious. Each of these difficult behaviors may not be so bad on its own, ...

docking system, natural consequences, charting, and the counting variation. Start behavior strategies, as yo ...

something the child is not thrilled about having to do in the first place. In addition, if encour ...

that you like (not just love) your children. What does “liking” your children mean? Here’s an ...

behavior, promoting positive behavior, and strengthening relationships. That focus will make the ...

3 CHALLENGING THE LITTLE ADULT ASSUMPTION Why You Need to Remember That Kids Are Just Kids THERE IS AN ENCHANTING but trou ...

Imagine, for example, that at exactly 4:12 p.m. your eight-year-old son is teasing his five-year-ol ...

Imagine this: your child is doing something you don’t like. A parenting book said you should talk ...

One explanation, if really necessary, is fine. It’s the attempts at repeated explanations that get adults and kids into trouble. ...

The overall orientation of 1-2-3 Magic is what you might call “dictatorship to democracy.” When yo ...

eventually come around and say something like, “Gee, I never looked at it like that before.” All too o ...

4 AVOIDING THE TWO BIGGEST DISCIPLINE MISTAKES The Dangers of Too Much Talking and Too Much Emotion THE TWO BIGGEST DISCIPLINE ...