vlgimmelli Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 What is your favorite Discipline book? Which book helped you discipline and raise your children and made a big difference in your home life? I am currently reading Sheparding a Child's Heart and I am enjoying it tremendously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Becoming the Parent You Want To Be The Discipline Book (Sears) How to Really Love Your Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Naomi Drew's "Peaceful parents, peaceful kids" and "nurture by nature" by Paul Tieger are the two i reach for again and again... one line in "the road less travelled", which defines love not as an emotion, but as an intentional choice to behave in a loving manner towards another probably helps me daily when i feel like behaving differently... hth, ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolosoli Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Kids Are Worth It: Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline by Barbara Coloroso and The Dicipline Book by Dr. Sears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Raising Your Spirited Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 How to Stop Bad Attitude, Complaining and Whining in You and Your Kids by Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline by Dr. Becky Bailey How To Really Love Your Child by Ross Campbell Children, The Challenge by Druikers Effective Parenting, Turansky and Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlisonK Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 How to Stop Bad Attitude, Complaining and Whining in You and Your Kids by Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline by Dr. Becky Bailey How To Really Love Your Child by Ross Campbell Children, The Challenge by Druikers Effective Parenting, Turansky and Miller :iagree: The Effective Parenting Books had a huge impact on my husband and I. I can't say enough for all of their books. Start with the first and work your way through. If they have a seminar anywhere near you it's well worth the time to go. Sign up for their free emails with parenting tips. They are terrific! By the way both authors were homeschoolers at one point. http://www.effectiveparenting.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I'm not sure I have a favorite... I glean bits and pieces from a lot of sources, but right now Kevin Lehman's principles are really doing well in our house. My kids love to engage in an argument, "That's not fair.... why....., etc. etc. whine whine whine." Basically, I say it and then turn around and walk off. "Clean up your rooms before dinner!" Turn around, walk off. Miraculously, it gets done. The other principle of his "logical consequences" is just starting to really make a point with DS#1 and it's been great. Huge example from the other day: DS#1 is very hard on clothes. We've gotten him belts in the past, but he shreds them, loses them, uses them for everything else other than what they were intended. The other day, he was complaining that he hates his adjustable waist-band pants. I said, "Well, you are tall and skinny. There are two ways to keep your pants up. Use a belt, or wear adjustable waist pants. You have shown us that you are not responsible with a belt, so now you must wear the other kinds of pants." His mouth opened. Then it closed. He got it. I rejoiced inside.:D I'm not sure how his behavior is going to change, but there have been a lot of little things I"m pointing out to him and he's finally understanding that the things he doesn't like are a direct result of his own choices. It's so great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hints on Child Training by H. Clay Trumbull and Child Training Tips by Reb Bradley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofeight Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 For me and my troop it is "1-2-3 Magic." Takes the emotion out of disciplining and has worked wonders for this mom!:thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Parenting with Love and Logic and Grace-Based Parenting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Kids Are Worth It and Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline. I used and liked 1,2,3 Magic once upon a time. Haven't done that or needed to do that in a long time, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmacnchs Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 What is your favorite Discipline book? Which book helped you discipline and raise your children and made a big difference in your home life? I am currently reading Sheparding a Child's Heart and I am enjoying it tremendously. Don't Make Me Count to Three - builds on Shepherding a Child's Heart (gives practical examples of how to implement and great use of verses I would NEVER have thought to use when building sibling relationships, for example) There's another one that was recommended to me from here and the title is *something* like How to Stop Complaining, Arguing...in You and Your Kids...something like that - it moves beyond obedience and into HONOR (going above & beyond just doing what you're told) I HATE the titles of both of these books and would have NEVER picked them up had they not been recommended to me by certain people on this forum but they are AWESOME POSSUM!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 my favorite books are: how to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk http://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Kids-Will-Listen/dp/0380811960 i also really like 123 magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 my favorite books are: how to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk http://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Kids-Will-Listen/dp/0380811960 :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I also like Tripp's more recent book, Instructing a Child's Heart. Love and Logic Don't Make Me Count to Three How To Talk So That Kids Will Listen.. A humorous one is Kevin Leman's Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 I really like Clay Clarkson's Heartfelt Discipline, for its philosophy of *why* we choose a particular way of disciplining. It's a little short on the "do X in this situation" sort of thing though, but it really focuses on reaching the heart and not just correcting the behavior. I also like Raising Your Spirited Child and Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline. I like Dr. Sears's books in general for parenting very young children. For older kids, I think Kevin Leman's books are very good. I don't love every single thing he says, but overall, I've found him to be very much on the practical and reasonable side, common sense, kids are neither always good nor always bad. I think he's a really good compromise between the two major opposing sides of discipline philosophies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Parent Effectiveness Training Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 These two were paradigm changers for me and are the only 2 books that I have ever re-read regularly. Whenever I get in a parenting funk I pull them out, re-read them, and I feel empowered and reinvigorated. Families Where Grace is In Place by Jeff VanVonderen Biblical Parenting by Crystal Lutton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 If you enjoy parenting books about guarding a child's heart, not just their actions, you might enjoy Raising Godly Tomatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.