The book would be great... if this was still in an age where wives stayed home, every household had two parents, and the parents have an unlimited amount of time to put it's teachings into practice. That being said, I'm a single mother, and I work- so this doesn't. The overall tone of the book is not that wonderful anyways. The author seems to make the assumption that the root of every single behavior problem is a failure on the parents part.

I was thrilled when I saw Positive Discipline at our local library and eagerly borrowed it to find out what new things I could learn. I grew up in a house where discipline abounded and none of it was positive. I wanted a book that would teach me how to discipline my son who could be referred to as sensitive or spirited. With him, everything was a struggle and other books gave me some guidance, but had not really made the transformation I wanted or the household needed. I only read the book a few months ago so we have not been using the techniques long. The book does provide some great insight and I have to remind myself to follow the guidance. I do wish it provided specific examples for younger children though as they don’t always hear. I would recommend this book to parents of children older then 5, the techniques have worked better on my daughter who is 7. Since my kids were little I have encouraged them to take control over some areas of their life which the book encourages. It helps parents see how some of the traditional discipline and parenting techniques don't work and can only bring conflict into the house.