Positive discipline for preschoolers : for their early years--raising children who are responsible, respectful, and resourceful
by Nelsen, Jane (Author), Erwin, Cheryl (Author), Duffy, Roslyn (Author)
Summary
Presents a commonsense approach to child-rearing that helps parents understand their preschooler and explains how to prevent misbehavior through non-punitive discipline, and reinforce useful social skills and positive behavior. Full description
- THE FOUNDATION. Why positive discipline?
- Enter the world of your preschooler
- Understanding developmental appropriateness
- The miraculous brain: learning and development
- SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. Empathy, compassion, and the growth of social emotional learning
- Recognizing, naming, and managing emotions
- "You can't come to my birthday party": social skills for preschoolers
- "I can do it!": The joys (and challenges) of initiative
- UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR AND NEW TOOLS. Accepting the child you have: understanding temperament
- "Why does my child to that?": The messages of misbehavior
- Mistaken goals at home
- Mistaken goals in Preschool
- Ending bedtime battles: preschoolers and sleep
- "I don't like that!": Preschoolers and eating
- Preschoolers and potties: the ongoing saga of toilet training
- THE WORLD OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. Selecting (and living with) childcare
- Class meetings for preschoolers (and families)
- When your child needs special help
- Technology today and tomorrow
- Mother nature meets human nature
- Growing as a family: finding support, resources, and sanity.