It’s a start of a new year! Why not start off with a positive parenting resolution? positive discipline parenting is a great way to deal with your child on a daily basis and handle conflict and difficult situations while keeping your cool and supporting your child’s independence and development.

Dr. Jane Nelson, author of the Positive Discipline series, initiated a great idea for this year on her blog. Using a new positive parenting tool every week! In support of this initiative and helping to spread support for parents on how to implement these tools in daily life. I’ll be blogging about the practical implementation of some of these tools from my personal experience and different references. Take a look of the full list of 52 positive parenting tips.

Week 1 – Listen
Week 2 – Encouragement
Week 3 – Connection Before Correction
Week 4 – Family Meetings
Week 5 – Compliments
Week 6 – Routines
Week 7 – Special Time
Week 8 – Take Time for Training
Week 9 – Validate Feelings
Week 10 – Positive Time Out
Week 11 – Jobs
Week 12 – Mistakes
Week 13 – 3 R’s of Recovery
Week 14 – Problem Solving
Week 15 – Limit Screen Time
Week 16 – Follow Through
Week 17 – Agreements
Week 18 – Focus On Solutions
Week 19 – Logical Consequences
Week 20 – Natural Consequences
Week 21 – Teach Children What to Do
Week 22 – Put Kids in the Same  Boat
Week 23 – Allowances
Week 24 – Hugs
Week 25 – Wheel of Choice
Week 26 – Act Without Words
Week 27 – Understand the Brain
Week 28 – Back Talk
Week 29 – Winning Cooperation
Week 30 – Distract & Redirect
Week 31 – Decide What You Will Do
Week 32 – Practice
Week 33 – Empower Your Kids
Week 34 – Motivation
Week 35 – Kind and Firm
Week 36 – Pay Attention
Week 37 – Small Steps
Week 38 – Control Your Behavior
Week 39 – Sense of Humor
Week 40 – Silent Signals
Week 41 – Letting Go
Week 42 – Eye to Eye
Week 43 – Closet Listening
Week 44 – One Word
Week 45 – Show Faith
Week 46 – Break the Code
Week 47 – Avoid Pampering
Week 48 – Anger Wheel of Choice
Week 49 – Encouragement vs Praise
Week 50 – Limited Choices
Week 51 – Curiosity Questions
Week 52 – Mirror

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