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“you can leave these problematic tools behind: scolding, lectures, demands, punishment, bribery, raising your voice, threats, consequences, star charts, and rewards for good behavior.”
― Patty Wipfler, Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges

“There’s no need for harshness. Instead of yelling, issuing an order, or scolding your child for bad behavior, simply put yourself between your child and the nutty thing he’s doing.”
― Patty Wipfler, Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges

“You’ll want to set limits as a way of connecting, not as punishment or payback, and not as proof that you are in charge.”
― Patty Wipfler, Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges

“For example, instead of policing turns or devising penalties for not sharing well, you can assume that your children know how to get along.”
― Patty Wipfler, Listen: Five Simple Tools to Meet Your Everyday Parenting Challenges