Discipline Me Right: Tips from Teens for Parents

In America today, 40 percent of parents have no idea what to do with their children when they misbehave. Discipline Me Right is the tool parents need to properly discipline their children. When Mary Simmons polled her high school classes to find out what they thought was the most important commandment of parenting, the evidence was overwhelming: children (even teenagers) crave appropriate, consistent discipline. As a parent and a teacher, Mary Simmons brings her expertise to a book that all parents can learn from. Learn to:

• Increase respect
• Build trust
• Set and enforce rules
• Use appropriate rewards and privileges
• Deal with temper tantrums

Many parents, too afraid of being politically incorrect, fail to provide children with the discipline they need and want. Mary Simmons advocates for parents to step up and reclaim their parental authority. Being firm and consistent with your children will not only teach them to behave but also reassure them that you love them--something every parent wants his child to know.

Mary teaches high school in Bothell, Washington, where she has lived for twenty years. Born in Oregon, Mary was raised with her two brothers and sister in the Willamette Valley by parents who were teachers. She fell in love with literature while attending Southern Oregon University and pursued her MA at the University of Victoria in Canada. Mary is blessed with a wonderful family and a circle of friends and colleagues. She is the mother of one son of whom she is inordinately proud. Her father, Bert Simmons, with whom she wrote this book, went on to be a high school principal after teaching. He is now an educational consultant with his own business, Simmons Associates, The Education Company.