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How to Use This Book | |
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Introduction | |
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What is Positive Discipline? | |
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Be Kind and Firm | |
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Decide What You Will Do, and Then Do It | |
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Act, Don't Talk | |
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Use Follow-Through | |
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Replace Punishment with Information and Opportunities to Learn From Mistakes | |
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Improve Your Communication Skills | |
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Create Reasonable Expectations for Yourself | |
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Hold Family Meetings | |
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Offer Limited Choices | |
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Set Limits | |
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Establish Routines | |
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Know Who Your Children Are | |
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Welcome Mistakes | |
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Make Time-Out Positive | |
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Put Your Kids in the Same Boat | |
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Focus on Solutions and Let Your Kids Figure It Out | |
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Listen to Actions More Than Words | |
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Don't Make or Take Promises | |
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Help Children Feel Belonging and Significance | |
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Use Encouragement Instead of Praise and Rewards | |
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Say No | |
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Use Your Sense of Humor | |
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Get a Life | |
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Avoid Labels and Drugs | |
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Have Faith | |
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Make Sure the Message of Love Gets Through | |
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Take Small Steps | |
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Positive Discipline Solutions A-Z | |
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Adoption | |
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Allowance | |
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Angry or Aggressive Child | |
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Attention Deficit Disorder | |
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Babysitting | |
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Back Talk and Disrespect | |
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Bath Time Hassles | |
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Bedtime Hassles | |
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Bed-Wetting | |
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Biting | |
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Boredom | |
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Bullying | |
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Car Hassles | |
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Cell Phones | |
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Chores | |
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Clothing Power Struggles | |
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Cruelty to Animals | |
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Crying | |
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Death and Grief | |
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Defiance, Disobedience, and Rebelliousness | |
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Demanding | |
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Depressed | |
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Different Parenting Styles | |
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Divorce | |
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Doctors, Dentists, and Haircuts | |
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Drug Abuse | |
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Eating and Mealtime Hassles | |
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Electronics: TV, Video Games, iPods, Computers, Etc. | |
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Fairness and Jealousy | |
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Fears (Children) | |
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Fears (Parents) | |
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Fighting (Friends) | |
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Fighting (Siblings) | |
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Foul Language/Swearing | |
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Friends (Choosing) | |
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The "Good Child" | |
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Grandparents | |
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Habits | |
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Hitting and Spanking | |
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Homework | |
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Interrupting/Pesty Behavior | |
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Listening | |
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Lying or Fabricating | |
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Manipulation | |
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Masturbation | |
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Materialism | |
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Morning Hassles | |
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Moving | |
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Naps | |
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Negative Child | |
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No! | |
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Obedience | |
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Obesity | |
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Overprotection, Spoiling, and Rescuing | |
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Pets | |
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Poor Sport | |
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Potty Training | |
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Pouting, Complaining, and Other Negative Behaviors | |
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Practicing (Piano, Dance, Sports, and Other Activities) | |
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Preschool and Day Care | |
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Procrastination | |
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Property Destruction | |
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Rooms (Messy) | |
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School Problems | |
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Self-Esteem | |
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Separation Anxiety | |
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Sex Exploration and Sex Education | |
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Sexual Abuse | |
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Sharing/Selfishness | |
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Shopping With Children | |
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Shyness | |
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Sibling Rivalry | |
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Sickness | |
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Single Parenting | |
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Sleeping Through the Night | |
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Stealing | |
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Stepfamilies | |
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Suicide and Cutting | |
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Summer Vacation | |
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Tattling | |
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Temper Tantrums | |
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Terrible Twos | |
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Touching Things | |
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Toys and Tidiness | |
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Traveling | |
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Unmotivated and Uninterested | |
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Values and Manners | |
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Weaning | |
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Whining | |
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Won't Talk to Me | |
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Working Outside the Home | |
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Zits | |
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Notes | |
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Selected Bibliography | |
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Resources | |
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For More Information | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Index | |