Discipline: It's Lost On All Of Us!

It is hard to discipline my kids. Well that's not true, it hard because I haven't found a great disciplining technique. Ducky enjoys laughing at me when I trying to discipline and now Chicky has picked it up too. And it makes me mad!

You would be too if your authority was being mocked by a four year old! I will admit that I have yelled at him and was not calm with him at all.

Maybe Elizabeth Pantley can help me out!

Who is she?

Parenting educator Elizabeth Pantley is president of Better Beginnings, Inc., a family resource and education company. Elizabeth frequently speaks to parents at schools, hospitals, and parent groups around the world. Her presentations are received with enthusiasm, and praised as realistic, warm and helpful. Elizabeth Pantley is the author of the No-cry Solution books. They have been translated into 15 different languages and if she can help me with my two "Spawns of Satan" she can add to her resume Vanessa Mayhem's new BFF!!


The No-Cry Nap Solution
The No-Cry Discipline Solution
The No-Cry Sleep Solution
The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers & Preschoolers
The No-Cry Potty Training Solution

The No-Cry Discipline Solution Book looks good! I would love to get this book and apply her strategies before Cpl. Mayhem goes overseas! And if it works GOOD GOD the next 6 months would be so much more relaxing! I'm getting teary eyed just thinking of it!

The big problem right now is not listening and tantrums, fussing etc.

Here is an excerpt of The No-Cry Discipline Solution
Gentle Ways to Encourage Good Behavior without Whining, Tantrums & Tears

Teach the Quiet Bunny
When children get worked up, their physiological symptoms keep them in an agitated state. You can teach your child how to relax and then use this approach when fussing begins.

• You can start each morning or end each day with a brief relaxation session. Have your child sit or lie comfortably with eyes closed. Tell a story that he’s a quiet bunny. Name body parts (feet, legs, tummy, etc.) and have your child wiggle it, and then relax it.

• Once your child is familiar with this process you can call upon it at times when he is agitated. Crouch down to your child’s level, put your hands on his shoulders, look him in the eye and say, let’s do our Quiet Bunny. And then talk him through the process. Over time, just mentioning it and asking him to close his eyes will bring relaxation.

Excerpted with permission by McGraw-Hill Publishing from The No-Cry Discipline Solution (McGraw-Hill 2007).

Her website also has articles and tips for every problem imaginable! What a dream!! Check it out!

What are your disciplining techniques?