Positive Parenting: a loving authority

 

 

“Positive Parenting” refers to a fairly broad range of approaches and strategies that share a core view that children thrive when they are respected and guided with sensitivity. The term contrasts with ideas about child rearing that focus on what is negative or “bad” in children and to discipline approaches that rely on punishment rather than guiding and teaching. The term “positive” broadly refers to two ideas. One is noticing and supporting positive things children do; the other is behaving in a positive . . .

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