Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-308) and index.

Part 1. What is positivediscipline? -- Be kind and firm -- Decide what you will do, and then do it -- Act,don't talk -- Use follow-through -- Replace punishment with information andopportunities to learn from mistakes -- Improve your communication skills -- Createreasonable expectations for yourself -- Hold family meetings -- Offer limitedchoices -- Set limits -- Establish routines -- Know who your children are -- Welcomemistakes -- Make time-out positive -- Put your kids in the same boat -- Focuson solutions and let your kids figure it out -- Listen to actions more thanwords -- Don't make or take promises -- Help children feel belonging andsignificance -- Use encouragement instead of praise and rewards -- Say no -- Useyour sense of humor -- Get a life -- Avoid labels and drugs -- Have faith -- Makesure the message of love gets through -- Take small steps -- Part 2. Positivediscipline solutions A-Z -- Adoption -- Allowance -- Angry or aggressive child --Attention Deficit Disorder -- Babysitting -- Back talk and disrespect -- Bathtime hassles -- Bedtime hassles -- Bed-wetting -- Biting -- Boredom -- Bullying-- Car hassles -- Cell phones -- Chores -- Clothing power struggles -- Crueltyto animals -- Crying -- Death and grief -- Defiance, disobedience, andrebelliousness -- Demanding -- Depressed -- Different parenting styles -- Divorce-- Doctors, dentists, and haircuts -- Drug abuse -- Eating and mealtime hassles-- Electronics: TV, video games, iPods, computers, etc. -- Fairness andjealousy -- Fears (Children) -- Fears (Parents) -- Fighting (Friends) -- Fighting(Siblings) -- Foul language / swearing -- Friends (Choosing) -- The "Goodchild" -- Grandparents -- Habits -- Hitting and spanking -- Homework -- Interrupting/ pesty behavior -- Listening -- Lying or fabricating -- Manipulation -- Masturbation-- Materialism -- Morning hassles -- Moving -- Naps -- Negative child -- No! --Obedience -- Obesity -- Overprotection, spoiling, and rescuing -- Pets -- Poorsport -- Potty training -- Pouting, complaining, and other negative behaviors --Practicing (Piano, dance, sports, and other activities) -- Preschool and daycare -- Procrastination -- Property destruction -- Rooms (Messy) -- Schoolproblems -- Self-esteem -- Separation anxiety -- Sex exploration and sexeducation -- Sexual abuse -- Sharing / selfishness -- Shopping with children --Shyness -- Sibling rivalry -- Sickness -- Single parenting -- Sleeping throughthe night -- Stealing -- Stepfamilies -- Suicide and cutting -- Summer vacation-- Tattling -- Temper tantrums -- Terrible twos -- Touching things -- Toys andtidiness -- Traveling -- Unmotivated and uninterested -- Values and manners --Weaning -- Whining -- Won't talk to me -- Working outside the home -- Zits.