Adventures in Gentle Discipline

In Hilary Flower's second book, ADVENTURES IN GENTLE DISCIPLINE, she allows the reader to explore goals of gentle discipline, rewards for both child and parent, and what it looks like in action. Hilary debunks myths about the effectiveness of gentle discipline methods while empowering parents to find ways to make gentle discipline work for both themselves and their children.With creativity, courage, and commitment, each parent and child can develop their own unique way of engaging in gentle discipline. Gentle discipline is not a far off standard for us to meet but an imperfect, lively and richly meaningful way of communicating with our children. Although experts can offer theories, this book proves that parents themselves have a great deal to offer other parents in regard to this incredibly worthwhile-and revolutionary!-way of guiding young children.Line drawings capture small scenes from the journey of parenting and personal stories from a variety of mothers show creative adaptations of gentle discipline methods in different families.

Hilary Flower lives in Florida with her husband, Ben, and their children, Nora Jade (7), Miles (4) and Ramsay (5 months). She holds a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia and an M.A. in Geological Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her writing has appeared in many magazines, including Mothering Magazine, Salon.com, and Brain, Child. Hilary Flower is also the author of the LLLI book, ADVENTURES IN TANDEM NURSING.