Part 2

4.  Insist on happy compliance

1. If your child is not happy when you correct them, discipline is needed
2. If your child will not comply when you speak to them, discipline is needed
3. If you cannot take them to an event because they won’t behave, discipline is needed
   1. If this is an exception, then you are on the right path
   2. If this is the norm, then you are not

 

5.  Speak softly, directly, specifically, and only once

1. When you have to reason with a toddler, you are teaching them to comply only if they want to do so
2. If you practice replacement parenting, they will not learn to have self-denial and self-control