Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, Revised Second Edition: For Their Early Years - Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful by Jane Ed.D. Nelsen, Cheryl Erwin, Roslyn Ann Duffy, Jane Nelsen, Roslyn Duffy Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, Revised Second Edition: For Their Early Years - Raising Children Who Are Responsible, Respectful, and Resourceful
Book Review: Best guidance for a lost parent
Summary: 4 Stars
WOW!! My 4 year old has been pushing me to the limits and all I kept thinking was that I was failing. This book has put so much into perspective for me and has given suggestions on how to handle situations. I don't yell as much and I don't get angry either. I have a better understanding of my daughter's mindset and it has helped with my 17 month old too!!
Book Review: fantastic parenting tool
Summary: 5 Stars
The positive discipline series should be a requirement for each new parent. I give these as presents and always receive Thank You's even years later. My sister is a counselor and highly recommends the series for all parents, teachers and care providers. We gave one to our nanny as prep before she began watching the kids to ensure we were following the same guidelines and expectations. I still refer to my toddler book for my 2 year old and love the preschooler book for my 4 year old. Book Review: Great book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book came highly recommended by my grandson's pediatrician. His parents and grand parents found it very helpful.Book Review: This book has changed my life
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not exaggerating when I say that this book has the best information I've ever read and believe me I've read a lot! I've spent the last 20 years reading every book and magazine article I came across on parenting skills and child development. This book has given me such insightful information I truly feel I'm a different parent than I was before.
A previous review stated that there wasn't any information about dealing with a three-year-old that hits. There is an entire section addressing aggression in the book. It starts on page 105 and goes through 113. On page 110 it specifically talks about hitting. The entire book addresses principles, child development and parenting skills that would address this issue.
I'm so much more patient now that I understand where my three-year-old daughter is coming from and the techniques and suggestions in the book are working like a charm. Understanding the different personality types in reference to children and adults has taken away a lot of my fears that "I've done something wrong." "Why is she slow to join in the activity?" "What should I have done differently." While there certainly are things that parents need to be conscious of when raising their children, understanding that we need to accept them for who they are is one of the most important lessons we can learn.
The examples in the book of situations we all face as parents was interesting and realistic. I will forever be grateful for finding this book and am recommending it to all my friends.
Book Review: Disciplining your Preschooler
Summary: 5 Stars
`Discipline without Shouting or Spanking', `How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, too!' and `Positive Discipline for Preschoolers' are three different books with almost identical messages. All believe that shouting and spanking are counterproductive and that successful discipline requires a parent or caregiver to calmly teach and reinforce the rules of good behavior. `How to Behave So Your Preschooler Will, too!' and `Positive Discipline for Preschoolers' are both 300 plus page books and are arranged similarly. They begin by explaining what is typical preschooler behavior and what developmental factors are at play during this stage. This information encourages parents to make a paradigm shift and see "bad" behavior as developmentally appropriate behavior that needs the gentle hand of an adult to help channel it. They then follow with in depth discussions of good discipline strategies and how they differ from our natural knee-jerk responses. Both books end with practical examples of how to apply these discipline strategies to common behavioral problems.
I would recommend either of these books to anyone who has come to see that shouting and spanking doesn't work and wants to learn what does. `How to Behave so Your Preschooler Will, too! is written in an organized, succinct, clean style and will appeal to those who enjoy a "textbook-like" book. `Positive Discipline for Preschoolers', on the other hand, has a more friendly, meandering tone and is written in a "chatting over a cup of coffee" style with tons of first hand accounts thrown in.
"Discipline without Shouting or Spanking' is half the size of the previous two books and confines itself to practical applications. An outline format is used to discuss 37 common behavior problems. For each behavior problem it offers several suggestions to prevent the problem, solve the problem and even what not to do. Each discussion ends with an illustrative story. I would recommend this book to those already convinced that "positive discipline" works and looking for an easy to read, "in the trenches" handbook.
All three books are excellent resources for the parents and caregivers of preschoolers but as their content is so similar, I'd strongly urge a potential buyer to take advantage of Amazon's Look Inside! feature and purchase the one whose format and writing style most suits your literary taste.