Toddler ABC Guide to Discipline: Quick Secrets to Loving Guidance
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Great balls of fire! Are you tired? Tired of yelling. Tired of being yelled AT. Tired of tantrums, hitting, kicking, whining, biting, refusing to sleep...When do they stop smacking siblings or running from us in the mall? When do WE get to start enjoying how cute and sweet they are? When do we get to SLEEP?! Honey, I hear you. Good news – this is your quick reference on loving discipline.
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith is a resident of Auburn, Alabama and a graduate of Auburn University with a BA in Criminal Justice and Criminology. Michelle is a dedicated historic researcher and an investigator for the Alabama Paranormal Research Team. Michelle also published Haunted Auburn and Opelika with The History Press in 2011.
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Toddler ABC Guide to Discipline - Michelle Smith
Toddler ABC Guide to Discipline
Quick Secrets to Loving Guidance
By
Michelle Smith, M.S., SLP
Smashwords Edition
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Toddler ABC Guide to Discipline
Copyright © 2010 by Michelle Smith
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ISBN-10: 1-45361-897-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-45361-897-4
Cover design by Chris Smith. Interior design, illustrations, and photos by Chris Smith. First Edition.
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For Chris
My life, my love, my Mr. Fish-
I love you to pieces
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Where Do I Begin?!
Chapter One: The Toddler ABC Guide or TAG
Chapter Two: The Five Basics
Chapter Three: Meeting Needs = Happy Kids
Chapter Four: Promoting Positive Behavior
Chapter Five: Tantrums and Time Out
Chapter Six: Yelling, Arguing, and Biting
Chapter Seven: Sleeping Blues
Free Toddler Behavior, Potty Training, Reward Charts, and More
Author's Note
About the Authors
Life with Toddlers
Taboo Secrets of Pregnancy: A Guide to Life with a Belly
Tiger Tamer: Discipline for Challenging Behavior in Ages 5 to 12
Welcome to the Guilt Club: Taming Self-Doubt When Raising Kids
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Acknowledgements
To Dr. Rita Chandler, for your sweet kindness, awesome help with ABA, and your love of all things Scottie. You always make me smile – thank you for your love, dedication to the children and families who need you so desperately, and your willingness to share your life and passion. You have truly given your life to service. I love you!
To Susan Fisher Anderson, thank you for your editing, support, and saving my arms from certain death! Readers, for a beautiful story on history and love from the letters of a WWII Bomber pilot, check out Susan's book at: http://www.LuckyBastardClub.com.
To Poppy, Mimi, and Wee - the keepers of my joy and my purpose here on Earth. For so sweetly tolerating Mommy's nose stuck to the computer for days (weeks, months) on end. You guys are absolutely the best children in the whole wide world – words cannot express how much I love you!
To Chris – oooh, honey. I'm speechless. (How often does that happen?) This doesn't quite cut it, but - for your endless help, support, work, dedication, and coaching – I love you.
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Introduction: Where Do I Begin?!
I get emails from all over – moms, grandmas, dads, aunts. One mom is single and struggling. Another is in the army and away from home for weeks at a time. I also get emails from traveling dads, grandmas raising grandkids with no help, or divorced parents - with the kid going back and forth to separate families with different values. On and on it goes. The toddler behaviors and desperation of the caregivers are the same. But the setting off
factors are all a bit different. And everyone wants a quick answer to the problems.
So it got me thinking. How do we come together for a quick lesson on loving discipline? I wrote Life with Toddlers (my first book) under the assumption that the child already gets plenty of love an attention – that parents and caregivers tend to spoil and 'over-do' in a way that promotes negative behaviors. But what about the caregivers looking for the basics of discipline: the ones who didn't have good experiences growing up – no model of loving guidance? Or those with so much else on their plate that they barely have time to blink, much less absorb 300 pages worth of information? Life with Toddlers is chock full of strategies to increase positive behavior, but dadgum! We need some cliff notes!
This book is the essential basics: a quick reference on professional, inside secrets - how to address problem behaviors and how to give good, loving discipline. You guys are hurting and need answers fast.
So start reading. Be prepared to change your thinking and approach to discipline. Be prepared to take a good, long, hard look at yourself, too. Our reaction to a child's behavior shapes the direction it goes. It can get worse, or it can get better – depending on how you handle it.
Here's what you need to do:
Be kind, firm, and consistent.
No yelling, hitting, or ignoring.
Be a safe haven: provide tons of love and guidance.
Give instruction on exactly how you want them to act.
Kids will not magically start acting better simply because we yell at them to stop!
And let's turn off that auto-spank when we're ticked – it doesn't work. We MUST make our children feel loved and provide consistent, positive instruction. And guess what? You CAN do it! It's not too late. You can change the course you are on, turn your child's behavior around, and get started in the right direction.
Let's get going!
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Chapter One: The Toddler ABC Guide or TAG
The TAG method helps you understand your toddler and communicate effectively to increase desired behaviors. TAG can literally save you a million