Good Enough Parenting- The Sensible Discipline Guide for New Parents

Dominique Book Review, Parenting and Kids

Good Enough Parenting – The Sensible Discipline Guide for New Parents (Toddlers and Young Children from Ages 1-6) by Lisr Fair talks about how as a parent it is possible for you to exercise positive discipline through the various stages of your child’s life.

In the 7 chapters of the book Lisl show how you can develop effective methods of disciplining your children and help develop their character at the same time. Discipline is one of the hardest part of parenting and with the tools that she gives the readers it will only make the job easier.

The book gives a framework which aids parents in their parenting decisions and how to make informed decisions regarding their children from 1-6 yrs old.

Lisl shows the readers the different ways that parents can show their love and affection for their children. It can be as simple as telling your child daily that you enjoy spending time with him, allocating certain time slots just for him and be happy to have him around etc. Most important is to acknowledge your child and also take pride in his achievements.

She also talks about the negative impacts caused by inactive discipline methods like screaming and shouting, name calling and shaming.

My thoughts

It isn’t easy being a parent. Every child has different set of problems and one technique which may have worked with the eldest may not work with his siblings.

I agree with Lisl that that it is really ineffective discipline by shaming your child into obedience as in the long run you will only build up resentment in the child. Threatening and ignoring the behaviour also does little in correcting the problem. It only compounds it based on personal experience.

Reading through this book made me re-examine my parenting goals with my kids. Even though I only have 1 child within the 1-6 yr old range as the other two boys are older. I need to reassess the boundaries which I have set the kids and redraw them as they grow older.

You can purchase this book from Amazon

Disclaimer: I received a copy of Good Enough Parenting – The Sensible Discipline Guide for New Parents (Toddlers and Young Children from Ages 1-6) for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own

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October 29, 2012

Top Ten Highlights of October

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Thoughts Monday Listicles, Top ten tuesday

Tiger girl down the slide.
It’s November soon and in a month’s time we will be celebrating Christmas. October was another fun month for the kids.

Playing with balls

#1. They visited Pollywogs a 2nd time and had Balls of Fun playing at that indoor playground with their friends. The kids love playing in indoor playgrounds but we don’t bring them that often as it can be very costly play at more then $50 each session for 2hrs for the three of them.

Tiger girl at the pool #2. We started bringing Tiger girl to the pool as she loves playing with water. Every weekend she would request that we bring her swimming together with her brothers.

Sunflower

#3. I saw some lovely yellow blooms while at the Changi airport. I didn’t know that there was a Sunflower garden there as I seldom spent time mingling around in the departure areas before our flight out of Singapore.

purple bloom

#4 Besides yellow sunflowers I also saw some beautiful pink and purple orchids at the airport. I love the fact that I’m living in a garden city with lots of flora around.

butterfly

#5 Greenery is also abundant here as we live in a tropical country. It’s hot and humid all year round in Singapore.

noodles with carrot

#6- Monkey boy is finally entering the kitchen and learning how to cook. The first meal he cooked was soba noodles with boiled carrot. I will be teaching him more different dishes which he can cook in time to come.

Secret Garden

#7 I wished for a secret garden. A place where I can indulge in my fantasy. My own special corner where I can be free of worries and indulge in my passions. Do you wish for this too?

#8- Tiger girl is adapting very well in school. She looks forward to going to school and loves singing the songs that her teacher has taught her. She is now moving onto four syllable words and expanding her vocabulary tremendously.

#9- I read a very interesting self help book over one weekend. Design your own Destiny . It really got me thinking about how I would like my life to be from this point in time and re-look my goals and plan towards achieving it.

Strawberries

#10 Strawberries are in season now and the kids love when I buy it for them to eat. I’m glad that 2 out of 3 of the kids love eating fruits. Now if only I can get Monkey boy to take more fruits.