The Discipline Book: How to Have a Better-Behaved Child From Birth to Age Ten

I am not a fan of punishment as a way to raise a creative, basically confident and intelligent, curious child. This book's methods helped a lot. NO SHAME in my family anymore. That ended with me and my siblings. Being SHAMED never helped me to be any of the descriptors I listed in my first sentence. But you have to figure out what works for you. I wanted a healthy human being and that is what I have. Basically confident, not arrogant (well, most of the time but he does have me as a Mom and I know arrogance as a reactor to fear), and COMPASSIONATE human. It's not that easy to do in today's America. We can use all the help we can get to do that...no punishment EVER helped me to do that. But my son is the genius, not me LOL. One more thing, I remember visiting my Mom when she was 82 and my son was 3. My son started to have a temper tantrum about something and I practiced what I learned here, he calmed down. My Mom looked at me with wide eyes and asked where did I learn that? I told her this book. She recalled something awful that she had done to one of my siblings at that age when they freaked out. She was amazed and later called my sibling to apologize as my Mom said "I just didn't know any better." You don't have to do what you're parents did and it may open their hearts as well. Good Luck and thanks to the SEARS for all they taught me. Passing it on....again, they may be controversial but so am I.

The only book I had talking about a very important point which is the difference between fathers and mothers in parenting during the last 20 years . Thank you very much

Love this book. I used it years back to raise my kiddo and had no previous experience with kids. It made both our lives easier, the book is an easy and interesting read, easy to reference on topics I’d come back to. Helped me to learn to redirect the kiddo’s attention and helped me keep my cool during stressful times and tantrums ect. I highly recommend this book to any parents of any age. I really don’t know how well we would have done without this book, it was that good and influenced us for the best. My kiddo is now a wonderful adult capable of thinking and decision making and doing wonderful.

I got this book when my first son was a baby, around 14 years ago. I've LOVED Dr. Sears' "attachment parenting" technique and I do have 2 absolutely wonderful boys who have healthy attachments to me and are just the right combination of loving and independent. I've recommended this book to SO many people over the years. Start as early as you can! But Dr Sears does point out that it's better late than never!

This book is by a mom and dad of many children, some of whom are adopted. They have a pretty good pool of first hand info to use. Additionally, they are a pedriatrician and nurse. The one thing that I like about it is that they encourage lots of cuddling and talking as a foundation to discipline and redirection to cut down on tantrums. For example, we had to leave the toy area, but instead of snatching my child away from the toys, I told her to say bye bye and we walked calmly from the toys. It was great! As a working mother I was disipointed that the book was written from the stay at home mom paradigm. I would have liked to see more on working with my mother on discipline since she cares for my daughter four days a week eleven hours each day. I'm sure if I used day care I'd have even more questions. That being said I got a lot of good basic info from the book.

If you are not a proponent of Attachment Parenting, I encourage you to read this book. If you are already an "attached parent", simply draw wisdom, sit back and enjoy.In short, The Sears explain why it works. With more than 3 decades of parenting experience of their 8 children, the Sears offer their tried and true wisdom on how to have a well disciplined child.With humor, insight and personal experiences from their home, the Sears cover all aspects of parenting. This books helps parents give their child the tools to grow to be a well disciplined individual. And it is all done with simplicity, common sense and love.Regardless of the age of your child or your current parenting methods, this book is for you! Don't be mislead by the title, this book is not about punishment. It is about teaching discipline and self control in a nurturing, loving environment.Give your child a head start in life. Get this book. Share it with your spouse. It will change your whole idea of parenting and discipline. And, it really works!

This is not a book about how to discipline your kid - this is a book how to discipline yourself in a way you'll never have to "discipline" your kid again.I have read "bad" comments about this book, and I understood that this people had different expectations. If you search for a book which will tell you how to punish your kid or force him/her to obay your orders - avoid this book. There is no advice for such a thing inside. This book aims mostly on you and how you should change your approach to your kid, so you will never need to punish or push your child. This book will help you discipline yourself first - and then the kids will just follow. Simple as that. However, the most difficult thing to do is - to admit ourself that the problem is in us - child is just our reflection. If you can not cope with that - than this book is not for you - save your money, time and bad comment. If you are ready to start changing yourself first - buy it, read it and use it. Every day, every minute.

Overall the suggestions and ideas here are useful. Some of the underlying assumptions are annoying, for example that all households are two-parent, male-female, and have the luxury of a stay-at-home mom who can breastfeed, but the message to treat your children with respect while maintaining your authority, to be patient with yourself, and to find out what works for your family while doing it is a good one. The anecdotes from their lives and adventures as parents keep the book from being too dry or parochial. I have recommended it to others who have echoed my thoughts here.Bottom line: it is worth reading, even with the outdated notions of what a family looks like.

Highly recommended. Wish I'd read it years ago! It helped explained much of how my upbringing shaped me, so once identified, easier to avoid the same pitfalls in my own parenting, but also to identify the strengths and thus avoid throwing the baby out w the bath water so to speak

Excellent book by renound attachment parenting doctor.Unbelievable price at 1p !

This book is an excellent book for the parent who desires to stay connected to his child while disciplining... as parents so many of our discipline methods are punitive...Dr. Sears along with his wife describes techniques to use that show respect for the child while correcting, eliminating and or preventing the undesirable behavior. The Sear's stress the importance of staying connected to one's child in order to know the child better. In doing so we are able to better discipline. I have used many of the techniques with my own children with wonderfully positive results..This book has helped to become a much better parent and my two daughters better behaved and a joy to be around.

Love Dr Sears! He really explains children and parenting in such a simple, loving, clear way. He encourages you to listen to your child, work WITH them and to listen to yourself. Every time I read this book, I get balanced and the support I need to continue to raise my son in a gentle, loving way. If you're looking for a gentle discipline guidebook, then this is for you!

Libro interessante, con molti spunti pratici. La suddivisione per tematica / fascia d'età ne rende semplice la consultazione, e i temi trattati sono molto rilevanti per i neo-genitori!