Discipline Basics and Strategies Find helpful strategies for calling a halt to bad behavior. The Twelve Disciplinary Elements Choose Appropriate Consequences for Misbehavior Seven Ways to Discipline Effectively Be Reasonable, Gentle, and Firm The Three Times Rule Discipline: Keep a United Front Ain't Misbehavin': Discipline Tactics That Work The Basics of Discipline "Counting Out": An Easy Technique to Reduce Bad Behavior Effective Punishment Good Kids, Bad Behavior: Age-Specific Tips How to Be More Consistent with Your Children How to Punish Without Punishing Yourself Parenting from the Same Page Solutions to Parents' Top Discipline Problems Ten Questions to Ask Before You Punish Using Punishments Effectively Your One-Year-Old: Beginning Discipline Disciplining Your Toddler Should Toddlers Ever Be Punished? Disciplinary Techniques That Work for Toddlers and Preschoolers Disciplining Your Toddler: Put the Brakes on Aggression Rewards, Punishments, and Food Discipline How-To's Learn what to do in different disciplining situations. Avoiding Arguments and Power Struggles with Your Kids Disciplining Other People's Kids Effective and Ineffective Use of Incentives Handling Sibling Rivalry How to Handle Back Talk How to Use Consequences Seven Ways to Avoid Whines in Lines The Shame Game Strengthening Good Behaviors and Reducing Bad Behaviors When Kids Are Punished by Rewards Dealing with Whining, Profanity, and Sass Dealing with Aggressive and Nasty Behavior in Your Child Toddlers Saying "No" Punishment and Toddlers: What Doesn't Work Tackling Tantrums, Biting, Hair Pulling, and More The Do's and Don'ts of Dealing with Tantrums Airing Your Dirty Laundry: Handling Public Tantrums Taming Toddler Tantrums Discipline Don'ts Tips on what not to do. Learn about ineffective disciplining techniques. Six Dubious Discipline Techniques Why Spanking Is a Bad Idea Eight Destructive Discipline Techniques Don't Overuse the Word "No" To Spank or Not to Spank? Establishing Boundaries Learn how to set clear and effective limits for your children. Communicate Effective and Reasonable Limits to Your Kids Make the Limits Totally Clear to Your Kids Change Limits as Your Child Grows Setting Limits for Your Baby Time-Outs Learn how to use time-out techniques to correct bad behavior. Correcting Misbehavior with Time-Out A Guide to Time-Outs Time-Out Guidelines When a Child Refuses to Go to Time-Out Disciplining Teenagers Find tips on how to teach your teenager the consequences of their actions. Discipline and Your Teenager Setting Rules / Expectations and Consequences for Your Teen Techniques to Set Rules and Consequences for Your Teen Your Teen Daughter: Is More Discipline the Answer? Punishing and Grounding Your Teen Daughter Strategies for Stepparents Discipline can be tricky for a stepparent. Learn how to avoid overstepping your boundaries. Stepparenting: How to Discipline Stepparenting: Determining Who's the Boss Stepparenting: Punishment May Differ in Each Parent's House Twelve Mistakes to Avoid in Stepparenting Twelve Secrets for Successful Stepparenting Stepfamily Discipline Issues More on Stepparenting Expert Advice Find expert answers to parents' questions about discipline. Will spanking prepare kids for the real world? My husband and I disagree on how to discipline our three kids. How do I get my husband to stop yelling at our two preschoolers? How do I punish my daughter for stealing from her sister? How do I discipline my child without hurting his self-esteem? My six-year-old is becoming a discipline problem at school. We're having discipline problems with our two-and-a-half-year-old. Ideas from Parents See what discipline advice other parents have to offer. Discipline and Kids Dealing with Temper Tantrums Kids' Transitions Limiting TV Time Quizzes Get the scoop on your discipline style. What's Your Discipline Style? Are You a Sergeant Major or Major Softy? Determine Your Discipline Style