Constructive guidance and discipline : birth to age eight / Marjorie V. Fields, University of Alaska, Southeast, Patricia A. Meritt, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Deborah M. Fields, Agape Adoptions ; foreword by Constance Kamii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-388) and index.

Discipline foundations - Thinking about guidance and discipline - Physical and emotional development affect child behavior - Intellectual and social development affect discipline - Discipline approaches - Creating environments that prevent discipline problems - Planning programs that prevent discipline problems - Teaching desirable behavior through example - Effective discipline through effective communication - Helping children understand and accept limits - Beyond behaviorism - Punishment versus discipline - Matching discipline causes to discipline approaches - Childlike behaviors - Unmet needs - Meeting diversity needs: academic, social, cultural, & linguistic - Stress and vulnerabilities - Analyzing discipline problems.

This is a practical book with many examples and contrasts.