I just had to share a personal triumph of how I went to the library with my 6 year old and my energetic 3 year old today without a hitch.  If you have been following my Mom Moments Newsletters and listening in to my teleclasses (especially the one “No More Punishment: What To Do Instead), then you know that I recommend Lynne Reeves Griffin’s book, Negotiation Generation. 

You may have read it. This month’s Mothering Magazine has a beautiful article about a mother’s new approach to the age-old time out discipline tool. I’m not crazy about what time out has become either. It’s the new spanking for our generation of moms. It’s become a tool to punish rather than to teach.