GD links for teen mom

[minkajane]

I have a friend who is a teen mom. Her son is 15 months old. She occasionally spanks him or smacks his hand. She does it very gently because she hates doing it, but grew up in a spanking household and didn't know any other way. I've talked to her a bit about GD and she is VERY interested in it and very impressed with the way DS behaves considering I've never spanked him or even smacked his hand. I told her about redirection and leading by example.

I've checked the anti-spanking links and I found a lot of stuff to give her about WHY spanking is bad, but I can't find much about what to do instead. It would help her a lot to have specific examples of what to do. I don't think she'd read a book or a long, involved article about GD, so I'm looking for some short, snappy suggestions.

TIA!

[mamaduck]

I've printed this and given it out:

http://www.odu.edu/~kkersey/101s/101principles.shtml

Its Katherine Kersey's 101 Positive Principles of Discipline -- very practical ideas, and plenty of 'em!

[mom22girls]

Although not really for babies, Elizabeth Crary's, "Love and Limits" is really short, implementable and to the point. It helps that most of the text is presented in comic-book style.

[maliceinwonderland]

No suggestions, but if she ever wants to talk to someone who's BTDT, you can send her my way