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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 | |