Positive Discipline for Parents of Young Children: Birth to 5

Looking for a better way to discipline?

Youth Eastside Services now offers classes using the positive parenting approach recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

In this series for birth to age 5, parents will learn how to:

• Understand how personality and temperament differences affect your family.
• Support your child’s developmental stage.
• Improve cooperation when your child refuses to listen.
• Get everybody ready and out the door more peacefully.
• Defuse power struggles by learning how to validate the emotions in your family.
• Reduce sibling rivalry by helping everyone feel valued.
• Teach your child that mistakes are opportunities to learn.
• Use encouragement to help build your bond with your child.
• Manage temper tantrums more effectively.
• Be kind and firm at the same time.