Positive Discipline app for iPhone and iPad
4.8 (
6288 ratings )
Lifestyle
Developer:
Positive Discipline
2.99 USD
Current version:
1.51.2, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 15 Apr 2010
App size: 19.91 Mb
These Positive Discipline Parenting Tools provide many alternatives to punishment that also teach children valuable social and life skills such as self-discipline, responsibility, cooperation, and problem-solving skills. These skills help children develop a sense of self-reliance and capability that will serve them throughout their lives.
You’ll notice that none of these tools include any kind of punishment, rewards, or praise (all extrinsic motivators that research keeps showing over and over again do not work). These are tools that provide intrinsic motivation to develop self-reliant children that become happy, successful, contributing members of society. Every tool meets all of the Five Criteria for Positive Discipline:
1. Helps children feel a sense of connection? (Belonging and Significance)
2. Is kind and firm at the same time (Respectful and Encouraging)
3. Is effective long-term, (See the following two criteria)
4. Teaches valuable social and life skills for good character? (Respect, concern for others, problem-solving, cooperation)
5. Invites children to discover how capable they are? (Encourages the constructive use of personal power and autonomy)
For more information or customer service, please go to our contact information at www.positivediscipline.com where you will also find other Positive Discipline products.
Pros and cons of Positive Discipline app for iPhone and iPad
Positive Discipline app good for
This app helps keep me on track with positive parenting. I wish more from positive parenting was available on my iPhone.
I am a counselor/parenting educator. I use the Positive Discipline app often, showing cards randomly to parents to illustrate the benefits of the many parenting tools. Not every tool is effective for every situation, so the convenience of having the tools on my iPhone and the ease of maneuvering the application are well worth the price. Parents download it and tell me what a help it is to have the tools handy.
Thank you, Jane, for all of your dedication year after year. This is another great product.
I always recommend this app to parents! Looking at a card a day reminds us of the principles taught in class and in the books.
Parents love using these tools cards to solve behavior conflicts. It is even more fun when the kids get to shake to find a card that works for them to solve the problem.
Ive been teaching parenting and working with clients for over 30 years, and what I notice is that information, to be effective and utilized, needs to come in smaller and smaller bits. Folks are busy juggling work, family, friends, and the rest of their life, so the thought of sitting down and reading an entire parenting book is overwhelming. Thats why these cards are so helpful. They are based on our work, but presented in a way that you can get help on the fly, and the cards are fun and user friendly. Ive recently purchased an iPod touch so I can download this app and others, especially looking forward to using them with my grandkids. Jane Nelsen has always stayed on top of technology, and we are lucky to have her enthusiasm and excitement for PD in this easy and informative format.
I have been waiting on this ap and I am just thrilled that it is here. Anytime I feel like I am about to flip my lid I shake my phone and get a fantastic solution. Thanks PD assc. I am sure my boys appreciate it as much as I do. This is a break down saver for all parents of children at any age. Get it!!!
Some bad moments
Nice but way to short. And some materials are not self explanatory, need to check in the book.
Used the "send a card" icon and what the person received was "pages and pages of code." No card, just code." Was trying to convince them to get this app; not likely now -:(
