What to do when your kid provokes you

Here’s an easy-to-read article from one of my favorite sites, www.slate.com, about parenting:

The article, by Alan Kazdin, Ph.D and Carlo Rotella, offers thoughts to guide parents to a more helpful and calming response to children who are defiant or acting out.

The article describes various ways of responding to the defiant act and predicts both the immediate and long-term results of such responses. “The Parking Ticket” turns out the best solution. Read more here, plus the sidebar here.