Parenting Books

The Discipline Book by Dr. William and Martha Sears is well used and on my night stand. Ilike it because it is logical and practical. I know everyone has their own way but their philosophy fit my family well at least.

Hi M.,

I too have a strong willed child. She is now eight years old and I recently posted about her. I got some really great advice. I have recently read the book "The Strong Willed Child" and it has helped alot. My daughter had been throwing fits if she did not get her way and I have put in place a negative and positive plan. If she does something I ask without throwing a fit, she gets a ticket towards the treasure box. If she gets five tickets she gets a prize. If she throws a fit I take away something she cares about like a night of t.v. Of course my girl is eight so something else might work for your daughter. I hope this helps, I know it helped me when several other moms gave me their advice. Good Luck!!

hi there,

"parenting with love and logic" is fabulous! and not super boring. i have a short attention span myself and require books that just get right to the point. this book helped me out tremendously with a SUPER hard to handle 4 yr old little girl i was nannying for. it's funny, but really focuses on teaching kids responsibility and teaching kids through positive parenting / reinforcement, not yelling and punishment. in my opinion all yelling does is either make the kiddo yell back louder, or scare them into being quiet which is not what anyone should want. anyhow... LOVE and LOGIC is a great book. Good Luck!

Use the site instead of books it really is, in my opinion, the best place to get a lot of good advice, try time outs the second you see the behavior you don't like happen, a corner or a chair, even a paticular spot on the carpet, and stick to it, use a timer so they now when they can get up, if the behavior starts 2 seconds later put her right back, you will hear this a lot consistancy, always be consistant in whatever method of punishment you pick. And I agree a lot of those parenting books a very boring, use your instincts that won't fail you, our parents survived with very little self help books, we can to, I just find them to be somewhat of a waste cause they don't really help parents address the day to day issues, they work more off of an overview of all children and no 2 are alike, I've learned this with all 7 of mine, no one method worked the same with each it's realy a lot of trial and error, consistancy and persistance.

Hi M.. I would try "What to expect in the toddler years" they seem to be really good books. I know your daughter isn't really a toddler per se any more, but it might give you some ideas on how to handle your situation. Hope this helps.

"Making Your Children Mind Without Losing Yours" is a GREAT book. Practical advice from a very balanced perspective. It changed the way I view parenting my son!

Children the Challenge is a great book to help you. Along with that is a wonderful course you can take with a lady named Vivian Brault. She teaches wonderful courses on Positive Discipline. I am now taking my third course with her. You can get more information from parentingpath.com She helped me with my 4 year old tremendously.

I liked and still use 1-2-3 Magic. I don't know the author but it worked great for my kids. good luck!!!

Love and Logic is wonderful and very "entertaining". You should definitely check it out. It's based on using natural consequences for discipling which really helps when they are older! Check out the website and there is usually some sort of training going on for it close-by.
Good Luck!
D. - mom to 3 boys, ages 12, 10 & 9 and 1 baby girl who is 9 months old.

Currently at the suggestion of my mother my husband and I are taking a type of "parenting class" based on the Love and Logic Method. It is VERY good. They may sell a book on it which I'm unsure about but the booklet we got fromt he class and the classes are very good actually. It teaches us that instead of getting angry to get sad when the child does something which will make the problem more theirs then ours! Which turns everything into a learning experience for the child. They do have a website www.loveandlogic.com I would totally try it out. Oh and it is so not boring!! =) Also one of the greatest things we have found so far is that this program grows with her. If you want to know more please let me know I'll try to answer questions that I can!