No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

I recommend this book hands down to any parent who feels overwhelmed or overstimulated most the time! As parents we want our kids to know how to cope with their emotions and learn to handle situations in appropriate manners, but it starts with us! And this book helped me to better handle my situations with my kids and how to teach them to do the same! The energy in my house has changed, including attitudes! Everyone has better understanding of each other!

Great.Book very informative.

I, however never read it.

I won't bother with the book details, they're well covered in other reviews, so I'll just say that I really can't recommend these enough.Long story short, "The Whole Brain Child" and it's two companion books by the same authors, "No Drama Discipline", and more recently "The Yes Brain" really have been the most useful parenting books I've encountered. (they are loosely coupled, so you can read any of them individually, in any order)Of the 40 or so books (and zillion articles, studies, etc.) I gobbled up when we first found out we'd be expecting, these are the ones that really stand out, and that I can most hold up and say "I'm a better parent today than I otherwise would be, because I read this."These aren't read-once books for me - I still flip through them once in a while, as a refresher, three years later, and will probably continue to revisit them well into the future.I also make it a habit to gift hardcover copies of all three books to anyone we know who's expecting, along with an offer to buy them the e-book versions instead, if they'd rather have those.Even the best parents have room for improvement, and I can't really imagine anyone reading any of these without finding something that will add to their parenting skills.Bottom line, if you believe parenting is a skill to be honed, if you want to parent thoughtfully and intentionally rather than just echoing your own parents methods (which may have been just fine), if you want your parenting to be in tune with the facts and empirical evidence provided by modern psychology and brain-science (which has improved greatly over the last 20 years or so), and if you want a better understanding of how your child's mind works, how you can best guide that mind for long-term success, then please don't miss these books.What else can I say? Seriously, just buy the book - buy all three, if you can.Your kids will probably never thank you for reading them, but they should =o)

Very helpful book, but incomplete.. the authors seems to suggest there is no role for parents to teach children that actions have consequences.There are many wonderful points here - children’s minds are still developing, connecting, focusing on teaching, avoiding overtalking, various ways to redirect.. all of these things are greatBut parents have NO role in teaching their kids that their actions can lead to consequences? There is ZERO role punishment? It’s very strange. I understand focusing on teaching and not on punishing. However, de-emphasizing discipline as a “punitive” measure does not mean there should be ZERO punishment. It’s absurd.You can and you should use all the tools in this book, but you OBVIOUSLY have to use some form of punishment at least sometimes… it would have been much better for the authors to articulate that and offer actual advice on how to do that in a healthy and productive way rather than completely ignore it or pretend there is no role for it. Very strange.I would encourage you to read this book, but then read another one that ant least includes something about punishment. You should probably parent somewhere in the middle so you don’t screw up your kids.

We’re struggling w/how best to discipline a strong-willed 8-year-old, w/inattentive ADHD, who’s also a child of divorce, particularly given cultural & generational differences. I’ve studied enough neuropsychology in college & independently to be familiar w/the terminology, but this book would be a pretty easy read for those w/out any such background. No fluff. Lots of logic, reasoning & real-life examples, including pics, to resonate w/any caregiver/parent. No wonder it’s a NY Times Bestseller! Practical applications, sometimes lacking or unsupported in similar literature, are also included, making this book a huge “Yes!” for me. I can’t wait to read more books by these authors!Frustrated & confounded by our personal parenting/disciplining challenges, this book has renewed my hope about the potential to raise our kids in a healthier way than we were & about the potentially more positive short-term & long-term results for our kids & family.I’d prefer the book be bigger & easier to fold back & highlight, but that’s the only down-side I see thus far.I highly recommend this book to any caregiver/parent interested in doing a better job of child-rearing than they might have experienced or attempted themselves.