This is a review for High Five Discipline: Positive Parenting for Happy, Healthy, Well-Behaved Kids which I received a copy of in exchange for this review.
When confronting the challenge of disciplining our children, parents often default to the ways their own parents disciplined them, sometimes with harmful results. Which if I did this might be better than the way I discipline Charlie because even though we would get grounded at times or even spanked I never remember my dad yelling at or or hitting us other than our behinds.
When at times Charlie and yes, even Suzzane has caused me to raise my voice more times that I would like to mention and yes, I have even threatened them. At times I’ve even stopped myself from hitting them or pushing them. Which isn’t healthy and is on the brink of bullying which no, child should go through.
After reading High Five Discipline: Positive Parenting for Happy, Healthy, Well-Behaved Kids I have healthy ways to deal with Charlie which as a mom of a Pre-teen as he gets older I know I am going to need. Not, only that I will be able to share the book with my niece and my daughter to use in there own homes. So they don’t make the same mistakes there parents made.
High Five Discipline: Positive Parenting for Happy, Healthy, Well-Behaved Kids (American Academy of Pediatrics; October 26, 2021), American Academy of Pediatrics Spokesperson, mother and practicing pediatrician Candice Jones, MD, FAAP shows parents a better way.
This positive parenting guide helps parents understand child development and how the ways that children are disciplined shapes not only their behavior but their overall health and well-being.
Dr. Jones coaches parents to understand their child’s developmental stages and their own motivations to create a family discipline plan that manages misbehavior and encourages good behavior.
Her advice is packed with developmentally appropriate strategies to tame tantrums, stop sibling squabbles, and reward better behavior, to create a calmer, more harmonious home.
Inside the book she touches on the following subjects and I can tell you that not only will I be able to implement these topics with Charlie but also in my own life as well. Because even though my parents were good at times in some ways I was Bullied but it happened as a adult not as a child.
Dr. Jones discusses:
- What positive discipline is exactly
- What is considered harsh discipline
- How spanking affects kids
- The link between spanking and domestic violence
- How to stay calm when your child misbehaves by using mindfulness, positive coping skills and a positive mindset
- How and why to find time for self-care in the chaos of parenting
- Why we should explore our past to guide the way we discipline
- The what, why and how discipline basics
- How to have a positive mindset by using positive coping skills
- How to make the transition from Adverse Childhood Event to healing
- How to act like a parent but think like a child
- How to prevent discipline from being a source of childhood trauma and ways to heal if it has occurred
If we make a conscious effort and implement the principles from this book, we may all be able to do better than our parents did disciplining us.
Candice W. Jones, MD, FAAP, is a board certified, practicing pediatrician, spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, and host of the podcast KIDing Around with Dr. Candice. She is the mother of two children and lives near Orlando, Florida.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
