Disciplining Children

We cut to the chase and tell you what you really need to know to have a well-behaved kid.

Stop your kid's seemingly endless requests and ungrateful attitude with our expert plan.

If your kid is constantly ignoring you, we have ways to get her attention.

Award-winning author, Michele Borba, EdD, recently appeared as a guest on Parents.com Community boards to offer practical advice on children's behavior and violence prevention. This sought-after, motivational speaker has presented workshops to more than one million participants throughout North American, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific, and has served as an educational consultant to hundreds of schools. She currently serves on Parents magazine's advisory board. The following is her advice on how to help children handle anger.

The smart parent's guide to coping with your kid's fits.

Act smart when your child gets sassy.

Are you a pushover, or could you teach your average Marine a thing or two about discipline? Take this quiz and find out.

If you want your kid to wash his hands, pick up his trains, or give his sister's tiara back, don't ask -- tell.

Discipline isn't punishment, and there's more than one way to correct your child's behavior--without yelling. Here's a tactic for every age.

When your child is driving you crazy, it can feel as if he's always misbehaving. Instead of losing your cool, check out 10 ways to stay calm while still making your point and setting necessary boundaries.

Guilt doesn't do you (or your child) any good -- especially when it comes to discipline. Find out how to let it go with these practical and simple expert tips.

We gathered advice from real moms (and a dad!) on how they maneuver around their child's meltdowns.

A pediatrician explains why spanking doesn't work.

Helping your child master these simple rules of etiquette will get him noticed -- for all the right reasons.

We've got advice about teaching your preschooler to find less annoying ways to get what she wants.