Effective Discipline
Positive Discipline, Discipline through Play, and More
Discipline that is empathetic, loving and respectful strengthens that the connection between parent and child, while harsh or overly-punitive discipline weakens the connection. Remember that the ultimate goal of discipline is to help children develop self-control and self-discipline.
Read more about Effective Discipline via the Links Below
- Practice Positive Discipline - One of API's Eight Principles of Parenting
- I would like to learn more about positive parenting in discipline. I am a bit overwhelmed. Having a book to refer to would be so divine. I love my kids and want to do the best for them.
- Read Managing Anger: What to do When You Want to Have A Tantrum by API Staff & Tricia Jalbert, API News- Spring 2000
- Research: New Studies Link Long Childcare Hours to Behavior Problems by Amy Silver
- Read Disciplining The Sensitive Child on API Speaks (blog)
- Read It’s Not Called Permissive Parenting on API Speaks
- Read more about Positive Discipline on API Speaks
- Read 3yo hitting and biting on the API Forums
- Ask your own question on the API Positive Discipline Forum
Member Resources
One of the many benefits of API Membership is access to the members-only site, The Attached Family. The following articles on Adoption and Foster Care can be found in the password-protected section of The Attached Family website. Login instructions are available on the online magazine's homepage.
- Quiz: Are You a Problem Parent?
- Discipline Begins at Birth
- The Age of Gentle Discipline
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital Releases Report on Physical Punishment in the U.S.
Members also receive a quarterly magazine, The Attached Family. This fall’s annual Growing Child issue focuses on the API Principle of Practicing Positive Discipline with children ages 5+.
