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The months leading up to the birth of a child are filed with joy, dreams, plans—and a few worries. As a caring parent, you want to start your child out in life on the proper foundation. But where do you go for the answers to such questions as:

How do I communicate with an infant who doesn't understand words? How can I effectively teach boundaries to my toddler? Should I ever spank my child?

Over the years, millions of parents just like you have come to trust Jane Nelsen's classic Positive Discipline series. These books offer a commonsense approach to child-rearing that so often is lacking in today's world. In Positive Discipline: The First Three Years, you'll learn how to use kind but firm support to raise a child who is both capable and confident. You'll find practical solutions and solid advice on how to:

• Encourage independence and exploration while providing appropriate boundaries
• Use non-punitive methods to instill valuable social skills and positive behavior inside and outside the home
• Recognize when your child is ready to master the challenges of sleeping, eating, and potty training, and how to avoid the power struggles that often come with those lessons
• Identify your child's temperament
• Understand what the latest research in brain development tells us about raising healthy children
• And much, much more!

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This 2 hour lecture, by Dr. Jane Nelsen, was given on May 12th 2005 during the Butte County Dept. of Behavioral Health, Parent Conference, in Chico, CA. Learn:

• Why punishment is never appropriate for children of any age.
  
  
• Why any kind of time-out is not appropriate for children under the age of four, and how to create a positive time-out area “with” your four or five-year-old that is encouraging, empowering, and teaches valuable life skills.
  
  
• How the brain develops, and why parents often expect things of their children that are not developmentally or age appropriate -- such as sharing, apologizing, and understanding "no" the way you think they do.
  
  
• The three most important discipline tools to use with children under the age of three.

Many other parenting tools that can be used with children under the age of three -- and even more that can be used with four and five-year-olds. How to get children to cooperate because they "want" to. How to help your children develop the believe that, "I am capable, I can contribute in meaningful ways, and I can use my power in useful ways.”