Positive Discipline Parenting Tools

The 49 Most Effective Methods to Stop Power Struggles, Build Communication, and Raise Empowered, Capable Kids

By: Jane Nelsen Ed.D., Mary Nelsen Tamborski, Brad Ainge

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr, Kathleen McInerney, Fred Sanders

Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Do you wish there was a way to raise well-behaved children without punishment? Are you afraid the only alternative is being overly indulgent? With Positive Discipline, an encouragement model based on both kindness and firmness, you don't have to choose between these two extremes. Using these 49 Positive Discipline tools honed and perfected after years of real-world research and feedback, you'll be able to work with your children instead of against them.

The goal isn't perfection but providing you with the techniques you need to help your children develop the life and social skills you hope for them, such as respect for self and others, problem-solving ability, and self-regulation. The tenets of Positive Discipline consistently foster mutual respect so that any child - from a three-year-old toddler to a rebellious teenager - can learn creative cooperation and self-discipline without losing his or her dignity.

In this new parenting audio guidebook, you'll find day-to-day exercises for parents to improve their parenting skills along with success stories from parents worldwide who have benefited from the Positive Discipline philosophy. With training tools and personal examples from the authors, you will learn:

• The hidden belief behind a child's misbehavior - and how to respond accordingly
• The best way to focus on solutions instead of dwelling on the negative
• How to encourage your child without pampering or praising
• How to teach your child to make mistakes and follow through on agreements
• How to foster creative thinking

Read by Kimberly Farr, Kathleen McInerney, and Fred Sanders.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2016 Jane Nelsen EdD and Mary Nelsen Tamborski (P)2016 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"Nelsen's tone is that of a patient teacher, gentle but never coddling, and Tamborski and Ainge's more conversational styles bring an 'in the trenches' feel without falling into the self-deprecation so common in peer-focused parenting books...a welcome guide in tough moments." (Publishers Weekly)

"A delightful and fun book to read with practical and effective parenting tools. Each story used resonates with our daily and challenging lives with our children. This is a must read book for parents who want to raise independent, empowered and capable kids." (Tony and Lisseth Orozco, executive directors, Disciplina Positiva Center, Anaheim, CA)

"With Positive Disciple Parenting Tools, the authors have delivered a clear, research-based guide for training our children to motivate themselves, and ultimately manage their own behavior. What a gift to all of us striving to put down the sticks and carrots, and lead with loving guidance instead." (Hal Runkel, LMFT, best-selling author of ScreamFree Parenting)

my favorite parenting book, so practical!!!

narrative was easy to listen to and the material was a game changer! I love the pdf it comes with as well!

Life Changing

I am so grateful I found this book. I wish I had found it a long time ago. The parenting skills I learned, will start a wonderful change in our home forever.

A must read!

If you ever read just one parenting book, it must be this one!!! It is full of helpful tools for any situation and any kind of child.

great advice for all parents. A must read!!

Love this book and learned a lot. Tools for all parents, make your lives better and read and practice what's in this book.

Best Book on Parenting

Greatest book on parenting I have ever read. the concepts were practical, realistic and presented with utmost simplicity

wonderful tools for parenting

Very easy to understand information. It helped me to understand the parenting role more clear.

Useful and effective tools

The tools taught are very relevant and useful. Some of which I came to learn only while listening to this audible.
This includes :
Staying curious and being interested in their daily activities
A cool down place for either the parent or the child, teenage
Role play etc.
Thanks for sharing and putting these tools for more parents like us to learn and master.

Love that you can learn and then practice a tool at a time.

Easy to listen to. I appreciated hearing about the real experiences from these authors and from parents all over the world.

Eye Opening

This was probably the best parenting book I’ve ever listened to, but it does need some narrowing down to be relevant to kids of more specific age groups.

not bad

most of the information was useful, but repeated several times throughout the book. I gained some ideas, but I find it challenging that some scenarios are unrealistic and only surface a problematic situation.
I prefer not to listen to Jane narrate.