Best books for Gentle Dicipline - Page 2

[Talula Fairie]

Originally Posted by scubamama

Yes, and some speakers consider parenting unconditionally and consensually "extremist".

Pat

Very true. Sometimes the way the "mainstream" crowd thinks kind of blows my mind o.O

[Kira's mom]

What is consensual living? There are many terms I don't know ( before i didn't know what unconditional parenting was...) and have come to find out that they described the way i feel!

[ambdkf]

Originally Posted by Kira's mom

What is consensual living? There are many terms I don't know ( before i didn't know what unconditional parenting was...) and have come to find out that they described the way i feel!

We live consensually at my house. It basically means that we work together to find mutually agreeable solutions. There are no edicts handed down, no punishing, no imposed consequences. We talk and problem solve and work together to make sure that everyone's needs are being met. It works great here - we love it I will say that it is work but I find that I'm much happier expending energy to reach consensus than expending energy in conflicts or adversarial relationships.

[mommy65]

I loved Playful Parenting. I found it more practical than Unconditional Parenting and full of lots of great information as opposed to just one ideas stated a thousand diff. ways. How to Talk so Your Kids... is great too. I read Parenting from the Inside Out a while ago and I found it just too dry and boring. I should go back and try again though, in case it was just a case of post partum brain that ai couldn't stay interested. I don't look to Dr. Sears when it comes to much outside of childbirth and nursing, but that's just me. I'm gonna check out the Adventures in GD book--- I loved her tandem nursing one! Thanks for all these good suggestions.

[katallen]

I used Dr. Sear's to get started and I liked a lot of what he says about attachment and stuff, it was a gateway into gentle discipline for me and I also think that if that is as far as people are willing to go it is still a lot better than the alternatives. But I really love Hilary Flower's Adventure's In Gentle Discipline and I read a very short easy to read book called Love and Limits when I really need a quick guide to get me back on track (Don't mistake it with Love and Logic though).