21: Love and responsibility. With Dr. Jane Nelsen

Are you wanting to better understand how to be firm and kind at the same time? Listen in to find your answers to respectfully having everyone’s needs met.

It was a true pleasure to converse with Jane. We connected during her short passage home between two trips as she spends much of her time on the road sharing her four decades of developing Positive Discipline tools.  

What we talked about: Significance and belonging. Love and responsibility.  Firm and kind. Being firm is not being mean it simply means to respect your child’s capabilities. The paradigm shift to give up both permissiveness or punishment. The difference between praise and encouragement.  The importance of making mistakes. Things to Remember

"It’s unloving to let children miss-out on developing responsibility." - Dr. Jane Nelsen

"Teaching a child to say sorry is like teaching a child to lie." - Dr. Jane Nelsen

"Mistakes are wonderful opportunities to learn." - Dr. Jane Nelsen

"Praise teaches us to depend on others. encouragement teaches us to self-evaluate." - Dr. Jane Nelsen

"When we come from our heart that’s when we do what feels good and do what is most encouraging to our children." - Dr. Jane Nelsen

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