Information about the Author
Jane Nelsen, Ed.D., co-author of the bestselling series Positive Discipline, is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist. Her books have sold over a million copies. She lives in Salt Lake City.

Blurb
An experienced psychologist, educator, and mother explains that parents who use kindness and consistency to teach life skills foster self-respect, self-discipline, cooperation, good behavior, and problem-solving abilities in their children.

Excerpt
Chapter One

The Positive Approach

If you are a teacher, you may remember that children used to sit in neat rows and obediently do what they were told? If you are a parent, do you recall that children did not dare to contradict their parents? Perhaps you don’t, but maybe your grandmother does.