Raising preschoolers is HARD! Their emotions tend to be all over the place and being a parent is even tougher trying to juggle these new big emotions. I really enjoyed and learned some tips on how to handle disciplining my preschooler. Even after having two older children parenting a preschooler is an art!

This was a very helpful book on discipling my young children. I learned a lot and am implementing many things in my parenting.

Good overview with accessible examples and implementable ideas. It's more geared toward preschool educators over parents, but I still found some takeaways. (ARC provided via NetGalley; Opinions are mine)

This book was good but nothing was so inspiring that I could say I loved it. Some of the advice was awesome, some was not. If you are struggling with your willful toddler, it's worth a shot.

Lots of good info on reasons for particular behaviors and positive ways to react to it, specifically for preschool age children. Helpful charts, and each chapter ends with "Questions to Ponder" related to the topic just covered. There was an entire chapter and portions in other places geared towards teachers and childcare professionals on issues that come up in those situations (how kids act around other kids and for a non-parent adult). The book also included chapters focused on sleep, food, potty training, picking childcare, special needs, and technology. I found the ideas to be helpful and have already implemented some with my 4 year old. The writing style was easy to understand and I felt had a positive tone.
I received an ARC of the revised 4th edition in exchange for an honest review.

The Positive Disciple books came highly recommended to me but I never got around to reading any. I was very excited to have the opportunity to read this one. I love that is book isn't about punishment, instead it looks into the child's development and provides techniques that help continue having a strong bond with your child. I also like how it has a section on parenting children with special needs. So many books provide techniques for children that are typically developing but nothing for those that have (or in my case work with) children with special needs. Overall I found this book very helpful and look forward to checking out more the the Positive Discipline books.

A useful resource in my work with students, parents and staff at my pre-k. I appreciated the differentiation between techniques used with older and younger children. Their brains are different so our responses should be as well!

A fascinating look at the notion of positive discipline with young children. I would recommend this book as an early grades methods book and would be interested to compare it to discipline ideas for older children.

This book is full of accessible, practical, and helpful information for parents and caregivers of children ages 3-5. It's a bit repetitive, but I found it useful and it will be a good addition to the public library where I work.

I received an ARC from NetGalley. This revised 4th edition will be released on July 9, 2019.

I've read a ton of positive parenting books. I liked that this one was targeted towards preschoolers as I have a super strong willed almost 5 year old. Some tips were extremely helpful. Some weren't. It at least gave me a different viewpoint on child behavior.

Parenting is never easy and every child is different. This book is a great guide of tools to try. I think the key reminder is to keep trying.

As a mom of three young children, I enjoyed this book and some of the tools taught. I'm excited to try to implement some of them into my own home!

Didn't take away as much as I hope from this book. Didn't find it to be applicable in real life unfortunately.

“Positive Discipline for Preschoolers” is a must read for every parent, child counselor, and educator. As a parent I was humbled and inspired as I read this book. I am far from a perfect parent and reading this book certainly reminded me of how imperfect I am. However, the book did not leave me in a pit of despair. It is an encouraging and informative book that has inspired me to listen, learn, love, and lead my child toward positive discipline so they can learn to be their best selves—all without punishing and power-led actions. I highly recommend this book!

This wasn't as helpful as I expected. The book centered around a lot of summarized information surrounding positive reinforcement, social and emotional intelligence and general ideas that you see often in these types of books. I was hoping there would be more detailed examples of these ideas the author puts forth. It's very bold to state that you can't punish your toddler by grounding or spanking and also state that parents set limits and boundaries without fully explaining how to do this.
Thank you Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.