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World Wide Web Resources on Discipline

  • ParentSoup: Parenting Lessons  - Dr. Severe teaches us to behave so our kids will, too! Learn here how to work as a team with your children. Includes a message board and the 10 Most Common Discipline Mistakes Parents Make!
  • Get Your ANGRIES Out!  - A resource for helping children handle anger, including practical tips on conflict resolution & alternatives to punishment. Offers information for parents on dealing with anger and many more features focusing on anger management issues.
  • James Windell  - Author, columnist and psychologist James Windell offers suggestions and practical advice about raising children and adolescents. Read his "Coping with Kids" columns and reach him by email to ask your child-rearing questions.
  • 10 Reasons Not To Hit Your Kids  - An article on discipline by Jan Hunt.
  • The Challenge of Difficult Children  - This site offers several articles on the challenges of disciplining children; includes many helpful suggestions for handling discipline with a variety of temperaments and situations.
  • ParentHood.com: Discipline - An online guide focusing on with tips and advice on how to successfully discipline your child.
  • PositiveParenting.com: 9 Things to do Instead of Spanking  - 9, thoughtful ways to handle a challenging situation with your child without spanking or physical punishment.
  • Because I Love You Parent Support Group  - A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting parents of troubled children of any age by promoting structure, consequences and consistency in raising children. An excellent resource for parents of troubled teens.
  • Parenting Matters  - Promoting a democratic style of parenting that is firm, yet fair, as well as mutually respectful. Addresses a variety of discipline issues and includes tips on handling children's aggression.
  • Temperament.com  - A guide focusing on behavioral individuality in infants, children and adults intended to be a clearinghouse for research and practical information about temperamental characteristics to be used by parents, students and professionals.
  • The No Spanking Page  - Advice and guidelines on positive, non-punitive child rearing.
  • The Preventive Ounce  - A nonprofit, preventive mental health organization started by two psychologists in an effort to help parents see more clearly their child's temperament to aid in finding parenting tactics that work for each individual child.
  • Aware Parenting Institute: 20 Alternatives to Punishment  - Practical discipline advice from Aletha Solter, a developmental psychologist, mother of two, international speaker, and author.
  • Avoiding and Dealing with Conflict - A brief, practical source of advice by a Human Development Specialist that addresses dealing with conflicts between parent and child.
  • How to Grow Self-Esteem in Your Child - Learn about effective ways to discipline children without compromising their self-esteem.
  • Parents For Youth - Parents for Youth is a Canadian organization that works with parents of conduct disordered youth. If your youth is out of control, this may be a place worth visiting.
  • The Voucher System - A behavior management program for children.

 

       

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