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3 Rs of Toddler Discipline: Repetition, Reaction, Reassurance

January 6, 2012




When people ask how to discipline their toddler, they are often looking for a silver bullet that will get their toddler to behave or at least stop doing things that are destructive or dangerous. Even I have looked for that magic solution, when all else fails. But it doesn’t exist. Discipline is a path, not [...]

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IComLeavWe: Day 6

November 26, 2009




It is the second to last day of IComLeavWe on speed. As I make my way through over 100 blogs this week, reconnecting and leaving comments, I hope to feature a couple of posts each day and also list the posts that I commented on. Featured post – Do you parent differently in public? How [...]

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The Hippie Housewife talks behaviour modification

August 17, 2009




Sometimes life just doesn’t leave a lot of time for blogging. As has been the case in the past, I just don’t have the time right now to dedicate to all of the fabulously interesting and insightful things I would like to write. In all seriousness, I do have a few things planned that I [...]

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Best anti-spanking resources

November 4, 2008




I know that I am often preaching the the choir here. Many of my readers have similar values and parenting approaches to me. However, we are all often in situations where we want to be able to share rational arguments in support of non-violent parenting to those that may not be aware of the consequences [...]

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My Discipline Spectrum

October 20, 2008




Often when I hear people talk about their discipline style it sounds unrealistic or ineffective. I haven’t read or heard any single approach to discipline that really made perfect sense to me. There are elements of many approaches that I like and elements of others that I abhor. Rather than taking one approach and running [...]

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New reason why punishment doesn’t work: the law!

June 20, 2008




From the research that I’ve done, I’ll well aware that using punishment to discipline children is not very effective and can be damaging. Some of the reasons I’ve learned in the past include: REASON #1- PUNISHMENT ONLY HAS A SHORT TERM EFFECT: Parents that punish their children have to do it over and over again. The [...]

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