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6 Ways to Make Discipline Fun

by Deborah Godfrey | Last updated Jun 16, 2020 | Alternatives to Spanking, Family Team, Setting Limits

Wouldn't it be great to make discipline fun? So often parenting becomes a chore. In order to be effective, we must spend a great deal of time training our children. And especially following through with consequences of their misbehavior. Use this Mistaken Goal Chart...

Parenting Inspiration: No More Mc Parenting

by Deborah Godfrey | Last updated Jun 11, 2020 | Alternatives to Spanking, Communication, Consequences, Family Team, Self Esteem

No More McParenting Parenting Inspiration - In parenting, with our busy lives, we often look to short term, easy answers for everything. We have fast food, computers, the latest gadget or gizmo to save us time, money or stress. Many of these ideas are great and do...

Parenting Tips That Guide Children to Behave

by Deborah Godfrey | Last updated Jun 5, 2020 | Alternatives to Spanking, Communication, Family Team, Positive Parenting, Self Esteem

Parenting Tips That Guide Children to Behave With great parenting tips, effective discipline has much more to do with communication than control. Many parents feel that to control their children is to be a good parent. However, studies have shown that parenting that...

What Do You Mean NO?

by Deborah Godfrey | Last updated May 21, 2020 | Alternatives to Spanking, Annoying Behavior, Communication, Self Esteem

What Do You Mean NO? "NO! I Won’t Pick It Up!" "NO! I Don’t Want To Eat That!" "NO! You Can’t Make Me Do It!" "NO, NO, NO! What Do You Mean NO? This one word probably causes more stress and disharmony in our relationship with our children than any other word in our...

Children’s Feelings

by Deborah Godfrey | Last updated May 11, 2020 | Alternatives to Spanking, Communication, Consequences, Self Esteem, Setting Limits

Children’s Feelings - By Deborah Godfrey This is a story I wrote about children's feelings many years ago. But it still applies today. So if you're interested in learning more about how to manage children's feelings, please see my recorded online positive parenting...

9 Things To Do Instead of Spanking

by Deborah Godfrey | Last updated May 2, 2020 | Alternatives to Spanking, Communication, Consequences, Featured, Self Esteem, Setting Limits

9 Things to do Instead of Spanking By Kathryn Kvols - Research confirms what many parents instinctively feel when they don’t like spanking their child, but they don’t know what else to do. Research from Dr. Murray Strauss at the Family Research Laboratory affirms that...

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