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. 2024 Feb 9;63(11):1502–1509. doi: 10.1177/00099228241227756

Table 3.

Exemplar Quotes From Parents About Changes in Discipline as a Result of the Handbook.

More talking/explaining/communicating
 1. “By talking to them and explaining things better and helping them understand what is right instead of being angry at them.”
 2. “Using more communication and explanation.”
 3. “It helps me talk to my child in an orderly fashion.”
More Redirecting
 1. “Redirecting the child’s behavior into a positive.”
 2. “Redirecting my children when they have a tantrum.”
 3. “How to discipline and redirect his behavior and deal with different situations differently and with patient.”
 4. “I use redirecting to discipline my children.”
 5. “Talking out my expectations and redirecting bad behavior with positive activity.”
 6. “Whenever he does something he isn’t supposed to do I tell him what he’s supposed to be doing rather than that. For example, when he bites me I tell him that biting is for eating and not for hurting people.”
More patience/listening
 1. “Just being more patient and knowing that a child is like a sponge so with good explanation and time they do understand.”
 2. “I listen to them more and make sure I’m calm before I deal with the discipline.”
Less Anger/Yelling and/OR less Spanking
 1. “I can explain things to them so I am not just yelling and spanking all the time.”
 2. “Talk and explain more, reduced yelling and avoided spanking.”
 3. “Less yelling and spanking, more redirecting.”
 4. “More talking, less yelling and spanking.”
 5. “Used to give spankings, yell more.”
 6. “To not yell at them or spank them, to guide them with an example.”
 7. “It’s not necessary to yell at them or hit them, to first talk so that they understand better and to not raise the voice at them.”
 8. “Choosing other methods discipline instead of spanking.”
 9. “Stop spanking.”
 10. “It isn’t necessary to spank. be more patient. try to understand how to explain the situation to children instead of hit them.”
 11. “Because less spanking and more time out.”
Non-specific response
 1. “It gave me new ideas to help with my older son because what I was doing never worked.”
 2. “It shows you other ways to discipline your child.”
 3. “Helped improve both my kids’ behavior.”
 4. “Helped us motivate the kids to behave well.”