No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

by Daniel J. Siegel

For us, discipline comes down to one simple phrase: Connect and redirect. Our first response should always be to offer soothing connection; then we can redirect behaviors. Even when we say no to children’s behavior, we always want to say yes to their emotions, and to the way they experience things.