Tina Payne Bryson: No Drama Discipline

Tina Payne Bryson is the co-author, with Dan Siegel, of two New York Times bestsellers, The Whole Brain Child* and No Drama Discipline* — each of which has been translated into over twenty languages. She is a psychotherapist and the Executive Director of The Center for Connection in Pasadena, California, where she offers parenting consultations and provides therapy to children and adolescents.

Key Points

• Much of what we do in the name of discipline is counter-productive.
• The original meaning of the word “discipline” is to teach.
• To effectively discipline (to teach kids skills to do better in the future), children have to be in a state of mind in which they can learn.
• Consequences can be counter-productive.
• If you’re being an effective disciplinarian, you should be disciplining less over time.
• “Time-outs” don’t teach kids anything, but taking the time to step away from the situation to talk to your kids does teach.

Resources Mentioned

• No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind* by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
• The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind* by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
• The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child* by Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
• Tina Payne Bryson’s website

Book Notes

Download my highlights from No Drama Discipline in PDF format (free membership required).

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