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When your discipline philosophy seems less effective than others

My friends all use timeouts and consequences charts but I read that these damage the parent-child relationship, so I try connection-based discipline but my kids seem more defiant than their kids.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Commitment to relationship-based approaches wavers when traditional methods appear to produce better immediate results.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parenting philosophies — survey and comparison?”

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