Positive discipline; what does that mean?

I am super proud to be an official certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator, but what does that actually mean, positive discipline? How does it work?

Positive discipline is the title of the book Jane Nelsen wrote and was published for the first time in 1981 and is now considered a classic among the parenting books and methods. After that many new versions were published: Positive discipline for teenagers, preschoolers, single-parents, in the classroom and many more. The core of the books was always the same and that resonated with me so much: To be Kind AND firm in parenting; the key to Positive Discipline is not punishment, but mutual respect.

What are the most important Positive Discipline Tools?

1. Eliminate punishment

2. Eliminate permissiveness

3. Use kindness and firmness at the same time

4. Beware of what works I(punishment has negative longterm results)

5. Give up the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first you have to make them feel worse.

6. Involve children in setting limits.

7. Ask curiosity questions.

8. Use kind and firm phrases.

It all sounds so logical, doesn't it? But at the same time how do we achieve this?

Want to find out more? Join me on Wednesday February 24th at 09.30 Am CET or 07.30 Pm CET for a FREE introduction workshop. Sign up by dropping me an e-mail on jasperine.groeneveld@assk.info or PM me. Looking forward to seeing you there!