easy to love difficult to discipline by becky bailey

Chapter 11 presents scenarios demonstrating the use of the seven powers for self-control and the seven basic discipline skills. Chapter 10 focuses on children's misbehavior and outlines behaviors that typify various stages of child development and can lead to certain types of conflicts. Chapters 4 through 9 focus on six of the discipline skills, providing suggestions for parents to examine their own styles, and discusses ways to change. Each of these discipline skills teaches corresponding values for living: integrity, interdependence, respect, commitment, cooperation, compassion, and responsibility.

Chapter 3 teaches seven basic discipline skills emerging from each power of self-control to help children become more cooperative in everyday encounters: composure, encouragement, assertiveness, choices, positive intent, empathy, and consequences. Chapter 2 teaches seven powers for self-control which increase resourcefulness in disciplinary situations with children from toddler through school age: perception, attention, free will, unity, love, acceptance, and intention.

Chapter 1 introduces the framework built on the premise that parents' perceptions dictate their actions such that to change behavior, the focus must be on perceptions as well as actions. With this inspiring and practical book in hand, you'll find new ways of understanding and improving children's behavior, as well as your own.Based on the view that parents discipline their children in the same way they discipline themselves, this book helps parents become aware of how they treat themselves and presents a framework called loving guidance. Bailey integrates these principles in a seven-week program that gets families off to a good start, offering plenty of real-life anecdotes that illustrate her methods at work. These lead to:ħ Basic Discipline Skills to help children manage sticky situations at home and a t school, which will help your children develop:ħ Values for Living, such as integrity, respect, compassion, responsibility, and more.ĭr. Bailey teaches a series of linked skills to help families move from turmoil to tranquility:ħ Powers for Self-Control to help parents model the behavior they want their kids to follow. Becky Bailey's unusual and powerful approach to parenting has made thousands of families happier and healthier.įocusing on self-control and confidence-building for both parent and child, Dr. But how can you guide them without resorting to less-than-optimal behavior yourself? Dr. You love your children, but if you're like most parents, you don't always love their behavior. Learn how to stop policing and pleading and become the parent you want to be.

Easy to love difficult to discipline by becky bailey