16 Tools for Parents of Children 10-14

7 Super Things Parents and Caregivers Can Do

Discipline that Works
This gives a very detailed table explaining what negative behaviours to expect at different ages and tips for dealing with them.

Disciplining Your Toddler
This explains what does and does not work for the positive discipline of a toddler.

Is Time-Out Right For Me?
This is a brief description of time-out and how to use it.

Punishment or Discipline: Understanding the Difference
This is a brief pamphlet explaining the different between punishment (negative) and discipline (positive, teaching).

Spanking: What Research Says
This explains why physical punishment is not effective.

Temper Tantrums
This brochure gives advice on responding to tantrums and avoiding them altogether.

Winning Ways to Grocery Shop with Young Children
This brochure gives suggestions for avoiding misbehaviour in grocery shops but could also be applied to any public outing with children.

Child Guidance Techniques
This is a 8-page brochure that explains in broad terms how to parent positively and backs up the concepts with some short examples. It includes some questions and exercises.

Parenting Teens
This brochure outlines some common misunderstandings about the teenage years and gives positive parenting tips for

Positive Discipline
This resource gives eight creative tips for positive discipline.

Something Better than Punishment
This 8-page brochure gives several suggestions for avoiding and dealing with problems between children and parents and uses short anecdotes to explain how these principles work.

Am I Spoiling My Child?
This brochure debunks the myth that paying positive attention to children spoils them, and explains what kind of parent attention encourages good behaviour in children.