
They want to do something different." Enter Positive Discipline. "They share how disconnected they feel from their children and themselves. "So many parents I work with, who use traditional discipline and punishment methods, often share how terrible, exhausted, and guilty they feel at the end of the day for all the yelling, nagging, and lecturing," says Debbie Zeichner, LCSW. And yet a good foundation for discipline is incredibly important to keep parents from feeling burned out. If you asked 1,000 parents to name their least favorite part of parenting, discipline is probably near or at the top of the list.

Positive Discipline does not use yelling, spanking, or severe punishment.

It it an authoritative method focused on encouragement and problem-solving.Jane Nelsen, a licensed marriage, family and child counselor and author of Positive Discipline. Positive Discipline is a method where parents clearly communicate what behaviors are appropriate, which ones are inappropriate, and what the rewards for good behavior and the consequences for bad behavior are.
