Seven Principles of Positive Discipline --
From Jennifer Birckmayer's Discipline is Not a Dirty Word
1.Tell children what they can do instead of what they cannot do.
2. Protect and preserve children's feelings that they are lovable and capable.
3. Offer children choices only when you are willing to abide by their decisions.
4. Change the environment instead of the child's behavior.
5. Work with children instead of against them.
6. Give children safe limits they can understand. Recognize their feelings
without accepting their actions. Maintain your authority calmly and consistently.
When children break the rules allow them to experience the consequences
of their behavior.
7. Set a good example. Speak and act only in ways you want children to speak and act.