As a parent, you face one of the most challenging-and rewarding-roles of your life. No matter how much you love your child, there will still be moments filled with anger, frustration, and, at times, desperation. What do you do? Over the years, millions of parents just like you have come to trust the Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commonsense approach to child rearing. In this completely updated edition of Positive Discipline A-Z, you...

Presents a parenting guide that discusses how to increase communication and understanding with teenagers, including information on winning cooperation without threatening, deciding if a teen's rebellion is normal or excessive, resolving issues from the past, and other related topics.

"Jane Nelsen, coauthor of the popular Positive Discipline series, along with Positive Discipline Educators Joy Marchese and Kristina Bill, put forth a new volume for parents looking to make their overburdened lives a little easier. With the increasing pressure to excel at parenting, work, and personal relationships, it's easy to feel stressed and dissatisfied. This targeted Positive Discipline guide gives parents the tools to parent effectively without...

Offers parents practical solutions and advice on child-rearing

Offers childcare providers practical advice on how they can develop positive discipline methods that will help them deal with difficult childcare issues while creating an environment that supports healthy physical, emotional, and cognitive development in children.

While the argument rages between strict and permissive parenting, both sides miss the point. If our goal as parents and educators is to help children become capable adults, then teaching them to make proper decisions and become self-reliant is paramount. With the bestselling classic Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World, authors and educational speakers H. Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelsen have created a book that no parent or teacher...