A Joosr Guide to… No-Drama Discipline by Tina Payne Bryson and Daniel J. Siegel

Focus on the positive.

Include your child in discipline by asking them what they can do to improve a situation.

encourages the child to decide how to respond, engaging their upper brain. It also avoids putting the child on the defensive.

Describe what you see.

Reduce your words.

Ask your child, “What can you do to make it right?”

How do you think Mommy might feel about the wall being drawn on?” Empathy is an important part of redirection,

you could gently lead the child to the wall, crouch down, and ask, “Can you tell me what happened here?” They will probably respond with upset because they know they have done wrong. Allowing them to feel this emotion allows them to develop their own sense of right and wrong. So hold your child, until they are ready to talk, first letting them simply experience their emotions.

Try putting them on the sofa, while you sit on the floor, or on the kitchen counter, looking down at you

we are really trying to do when we discipline our children is to guide or teach them