Discipline involves teaching your child ways to behave, follow rules, and learn self-control. Abuse isn’t discipline but rather actions that harm a child. Learn the difference and where to find help.

There has been a lot in the news about how we discipline our children in recent months. Who can forget the images on TV of the woman in the St. Louis Mills parking lot whipping her young son? And I ...

Over half a century of research has demonstrated the effects of responsive and demanding parenting. Responsiveness is about understanding and meeting needs, while demandingness is about establishing ...

Children need to learn discipline early in life to build a strong foundation for future success. However, many parents end up being overly strict in the name of discipline, which can lead to fear, ...

Parenting has gotten a lot gentler over the years. Through research we've learned that the strict punishments of generations past aren't always the the healthiest or most effective solutions. We’ve ...

Harsh discipline, by contrast, violates these principles. When parents yell, threaten, or punish without explanation, children don’t feel heard or respected. They may obey in the moment out of fear, ...

In my previous posts, we explored why you're too tired to parent the way you want to and 7 parenting strategies when parenting feels too hard. Today, we're tackling a question I see parents asking ...

Experts say time-outs can be used effectively to manage children’s behaviors, but they should be done in a non-punitive way. The method: “It's really just saying to your child… ‘You hit your sister’, ...

In discussions about parenting, discipline has been considered something which has to be imposed upon children by means of ...

Best Ways to Discipline Kids: Teaching discipline to children is a big challenge for every parent, but this does not mean that they should be disciplined by scolding or giving strict punishment.