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1-2-3 Magic Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 is an excellent resource on ways to discipline your children.
Being a parent is one of the most rewarding experiences in life, but every family faces challenges that can be frustrating and overwhelming. For more than twenty-five years, internationally renowned clinical psychologist Thomas W. Phelan’s 1-2-3 Magic has helped millions of parent, teachers and caregivers raise independent, emotionally intelligent children and build happier, healthier families–all through an easy-to-understand program that you’ll swear “works like magic.”
1-2-3 Magic helps you to discipline and set limits for your children by breaking down the complex task of parenting into straightforward steps.? You’ll find tools to use in virtually every situation, including advice for common problems such as:
- Whining
- Sibling rivalry
- Reluctance to do chores or pick up
- Refusing to go to bed or getting up in the middle of the night
My children are 2, 5 and 10 years old. I will say that this worked most effectively with my five-year-old. She was able to learn real quick what it meant when I began counting, and learned to correct her behavior at one. My two-year-old is still learning this method of discipline, and my ten-year-old has been a challenge. She understands too well that she has until three to correct her behavior, and has been a bit rebellious.? It’s quite funny because the younger two know when she is disobeying and remind her of which number she is on.
The most valuable advice I got from reading 1-2-3 Magic that you can start implementing at home immediately is to avoid too much talking and too much emotion.? I think??most parents can agree that we spend too much time explaining to our children why they?need to correct?their behavior.? Dr. Phelan says that all that does is irritate, confuse, and distract them.? That endless chattering leads to the Talk-Persuade-Argue-Hit Syndrome.?Whenparents become so frustrated explaining to their children why?they should behave they?become too emotional?by yelling, screaming, belittling and nagging.? They can also physically endanger their kids if their anger continues to escalate.? The 1-2-3- program is as much a control on parental anger as it is on children’s behavior.? Visit 1-2-3 Magic’s website to see all the supplemental materials they have to?offer to bring order and happiness back into your home.
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