No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

For many years now, I would have told you that my absolute top two parenting book recommendations would be Between Parent and Child by Dr. Haim Ginott and Parent Effectiveness Training by Thomas Gordon. They are both fantastic books about moving away from punishments and rewards and instead working with your children, with advice and techniques included, something many parents feel is lacking in gentle discipline books. After reading No Drama Discipline by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, I have to amend that. No Drama Discipline is now my number one recommendation to parents wanting to understand what is going on with their children and how to change their way of thinking when it comes to parenting. The authors go into enough depth about how your child's brain works to explain while managing to write in a conversational manner which appeals to tired, frustrated parents. The book is a fast read, with enough information in early chapters to help parents begin changing how they interact with their children right away. Real life examples will appeal to many parents, helping them both to understand how to use techniques while offering hope to those attempting to make drastic changes in the way they parent. This is a game changing book and one I highly recommend, not only to parents looking for something better, but also to parents who have been working to parent gentle from the beginning. This is also a good book to share with your parenting partner. Order your own copy and keep it handy. It might just change the way you view parenting.

I don't even know where to start, this is an amazing book. I wish I had this 8 years ago. I have a 2, 5, and 8 year old. My oldest (girl) has Autism, which has been really hard for my middle (boy). Over the last year he as been really acting out, to be honest, he has been out of control. We decided to put him in weekly therapy to help with his behavior and to help him cope with all the trauma from his sister. This book has completely transformed the way we discipline him. The best part is, it actually works! I have read dozens of books, but this one is the only one that gives the tools necessary to truly help you. It's not an overnight fix, it's a process, but one that actually works. To be honest, I think it's probably the hardest for the parent. I have been disciplining one way for years, so to change that was really hard, and I'm not perfect, but this book has helped equipped me to have No-Drama Discipline in our house. You don't have to be a parent to read this book. If you are a care giver to children in anyway, this book is for you! It's worth every penny! I promise you will not be disappointed. I may not be a Dr. or have a Phd, but I'm a parent, and deal with real world issues just like all of you, and this book has not only changed the way I view discipline, but the way I actually discipline. It will challenge most of your mindsets, but it's always good to see things for a different perspective. They are able to explain how the brain works in practical terms, so it's easy to understand. This allows you to see how No-Drama Discipline not only will provide a better home environment, but will actually help your child develop parts (upper brain) of their brain that will drastically impact the way the respond to life situations not only now, but when they are adults. Bottom line.... Buy the book, read the book, apply the knowledge, change your life, and your kids life. I really mean it, it will completely change the atmosphere in your home.

This book was recommended by a psychiatrist for behavior issues our adopted son is struggling with. My husband is a doctor and I worked with children with behaviors as a professional, so we had already been applying many of the ideas this book presented by using common sense and treating our child with respect. There are some things (like with any modality of behavior modification) that would not have worked for us. Example: there is no way I could have allowed my child to explore a grocery store, if he started to fidget in the cart. We had to put him in the cart and keep him there until he stopped screaming. The grocery cart and the car seat were really the only non-starters of free-exploration. Now I can shop and he is at peace knowing nothing is going to hurt him, there is no way he can run around the store and grab items and bump off of people, he will get rewarded if he stays calm and I can get our grocery shopping finished. I suggest this book for any parent who is questioning themselves, it could help parents out in the sense that most parents struggle and it allows for faults and releases some guilt because partenting is a constant struggle. Most parenting books (IMO) can be reduced to a few sentences: Love your child, stay calm: always the best state of mind to handle any situation (but sometimes we all loose our Sh&% and get over it immediately if you do) and be consistent, surprises should be left for the Holidays. All in all I would stay it was a well written, easy read parenting manual peppered with humor. Yes, I would recommended it, but allow for some modifications in your own parenting style (which this books states as well).

Book helped a lot on my child Read entire book and writing this review All tricks and psychology behind child's behavior has helped me improve to understand my child

A really great book for parenting in a way that is respectful to your children, and focuses on discipline as a teaching opportunity rather than as punishment. The book uses some playful, easy to remember language for certain points (don’t poke the lizard, shark music), and was written in a way that a lay person can easily understand. It was slightly repetitive, but from a psychological perspective this probably helps to drive the message home further. Although I feel like we were doing much of these tactics already, there were loads of things in this book I hadn’t even thought about, and lots of new strategies to try. And i love how the authors wrote it in a completely non judgemental way, and help to remind parents that we’re all human, and that even if we’ve made mistakes in our parenting, we can do better! Definitely a book I feel every parent should read, or at least skim.

This books is a must read for any parent, they provide multiple approaches to deal with many situations and the way they explain things are simply brilliant. You can see yourself in those situation all through the book. Also a good read if you had difficult parents or broken relationships with your parents it will help you get a bit more insight of what the reasons could be.

Very good!

Great book, explains a lot and gives you many examples. It was pleasure to read it, might do it again when my daughter grows bigger (she's 2yo now).