discipline

The Opposite of Rewards and Punishment Isn’t Doing Nothing

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I love the baby stage because I don’t have to worry about pesky things like behaviour and discipline. But I do have to worry about it with Riley. I have to teach her all kinds of things and doing that when her empathy is still developing can be hard work. Because at her age that’s [...]

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All Discipline is Ineffective

A recent study with the under 2 set has found that all discipline is equally ineffective. I’ve suspected this for some time, and this study seems to confirm it. Of course, the focus in this study was praise and distraction vs whatever method of discipline a family chose to use – so it isn’t a [...]

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The Terrible Twos (and Two Parenting Strategies to Replace Them)

This post is written for inclusion in the Carnival of Gentle Discipline hosted by Paige @ Baby Dust Diaries. All week, April 26-30, we will be featuring essays about non-punitive discipline. See the bottom of this post for more information. Today I would like to welcome Dionna, who has written a guest post on gentle [...]

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Supermarket Meltdown

We had our first full-blown supermarket meltdown today. You wouldn’t think it to look at her. She looks all zen and serene and peaceful here. Like she could give Ghandi a run for his money. She’s always been a pretty good shopper. She’s usually so excited to be out and about that it’s rare for [...]

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Guest Post @ CodeNameMama – The Tyrannical Toddler: Beyond Power Struggles to Choice, Reason and Negotiation

I’m guest posting today over at CodeNameMama. Head over there to check out my post on benevolent dictators (toddlers), unconditional parenting, tantrums and power struggles. Stay tuned. This is a guest post exchange and CodeNameMama will be featured here with her post on the terrible twos, gentle parenting and the dreaded tantrum. filed in

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Perceptions of Discipline

Welcome to the April Carnival of Natural Parenting: Parenting advice! This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month we’re writing letters to ask our readers for help with a current parenting issue. Please read to the end to find a [...]

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UN Ban on Smacking

Today I read about how the UN wants to ban smacking. My first thought? If they are powerless to influence world leaders, I’m pretty sure they’ve got no chance of changing family choices behind closed doors. Nonetheless, countries who have chosen to outlaw it include Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany, Italy, Israel, Iceland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, [...]

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Just Wonderful: Love and Partners and Natural Parenting

Welcome to the February Carnival of Natural Parenting: Love and partners! This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month we’re writing about how a co-parent has or has not supported us in our dedication to natural parenting. Please read to [...]

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I’m Late, I’m Late for a Very Important Date

I had planned to have a bright, shiny entry for the Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama but got distracted and missed the deadline. I’ll be participating next month, but thought I would write about this month’s theme anyway. Parenting resolutions. What do you want to do differently this [...]

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Abandonment of Punishment, Rewards and Praise

It’s a controversial parenting style that Alfie Kohn advocates in his book, Unconditional Parenting. Yes, I finally finished the book, thanks primarily to spending a few hours at the hairdresser. In a lot of ways, it goes against almost every form of parenting advice I’ve ever read previously. And I’ll admit that it takes alot [...]

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