Easy Obedience: Teaching children self-discipline with love

Foundations of Parenting

Is obedience ever really easy? Some might argue that it’s impossible! But I disagree.

Parenting will always have its challenges, but with a foundation of understanding and love, and a willingness to meet your child’s basic needs, you can apply the techniques in Easy Obedience and experience the pleasure of rearing a child who is generally willing to obey.

This is really a book about the importance of self-discipline. Many parents think that making children obey is what parenting is all about. Instead, our job should be to encourage children to become self-disciplined.

To discipline really means to teach. I’ve been a teacher of young children, as well as university students for many years, and the same techniques that are successful in the classroom can revolutionize your home. So I offer you a method of discipline based on a foundation of educational theory and practice, coupled with the practical experience of rearing three grown children with my husband, Jan. It is a method that has stood the test of time.

Happy Parenting!
Kay Kuzma

Contents

1. Lessons I've Learned From Children
2. Goals for Easy obedience
3. Parenting Styles for Easy Obedience
4. Attention and the Love Cup Principle
5. Power and the String Strategy
6. Revenge and Iceberg Psychology
7. Preparation for Confrontation
8. Teaching Easy Obedience
9. Setting Obeyable Limits
10. The Power of Being Positive
11. Let Children Live With the Consequences
12. Time-out for Behavior Modification
13. Shock Therapy
14. Problem Solving Through Negotiation
15. Freedom for Responsibility
16. Playing Problems Away
17. Teaching Values Early
18. Age-Related Problems of Young Children
19. The Challenging Years With Older Children
20. Parenting Prodigal Children
21. When You Don't Have an Answer-Give It to God