Positive child guidance cover

Positive child guidance

by Darla Ferris Miller

"Positive Child Guidance, 3E offers developmentally appropriate guidance strategies that help young children to become responsible, respectful, and productive community members. It provides tools for supporting the long-term development of responsibility, self-confidence, and self-control in children. Beginning with the premise that children should become cooperative members of a democratic society, the book outlines the theory, as well as the practical guidance strategies, needed to achieve this goal. Positive Child Guidance embraces a philosophy of deep respect for the unique qualities of individual children, while also providing users with detailed, real-world strategies for dealing with the myriad of behaviors that children exhibit. It teaches adults how to combine positive assertiveness and high expectations with genuine understanding, acceptance, and compassion. Anyone who works with children will find this book immediately useful."--BOOK JACKET.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?