Authoritarian Parenting: How Forced Compliance Backfires

When parents value control over a secure relationship with their child, it’s time to rework the discipline toolbox.

The Conscious Discipline Method Helps Parents Think More And Punish Less

It gives you the tools to yell less, think more, and stay in control.

Parenting Styles

This Positive Discipline Model Will Reshape How You Punish Your Kids

The model trains you to stop and consider: What are you aiming for in the long run?

The Simple Strategy That Stopped My Daughter’s Tantrums — And Helped Us Bond

The answer might surprise you.

Bribing Toddlers Is Fine Because It Works and I’m Tired

We love and provide for our kids, but we don't have time for gentle encouragement or teachable moments.

More Chores Are Needed to Build Character in American Kids

The assumption that difficult and physical work breeds good values makes an ass of neither you nor me.

Discipline

Punishment For Kids Who Don’t Respond To Punishment

More severe does not necessarily mean more effective.

Fatherly Advice: Is It Weird When Mom Snuggles With a Teenager?

Affectionate adolescents aren't the norm, but that doesn't mean reciprocating their affection is coddling.

How to Ignore a Child (Or Use the Silent Treatment) Effectively

Granted, the circumstances have to be just right, but kids can and should sometimes be ignored.

I Tried To Be A Traditional Patriarch And Failed Miserably

For one day, I stopped being an engaged father and husband. I hated it.

9 Celebrity Parents on How They Discipline Their Misbehaving Kids

Just because you're famous doesn't mean your kid is going to stop trying to choke out the dog.

I Tried Keeping a Parenting Diary and Realized I Might Be a Bad Father

Keeping a parenting diary for a week is a great way to get insight into parenting techniques. But you might not always like what you see.

How to Say No to Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Grade Schoolers Without Saying “No”

There are times in parenting when saying no as a form of child discipline doesn't make sense. It's better to offer choices and help kids develop reason.

You’re Probably Doing Timeouts Wrong

Timeouts may seem like the perfect solution for child discipline problems, but they’re rarely used correctly, which makes them less than useful.

I Can’t Stop Watching These Awful Parents Shame Their Kids on YouTube

Child shaming videos are a growing trend meant to be a digital act of “tough love,” but they’re actually awful disciplinary exhibitionism and completely disgusting.

Kids Have Changed. Why Hasn’t Parents Approach to Discipline?

Author Katherine Reynolds Lewis has noticed modern kids are behaving differently and is convinced parental discipline should change to meet them.