Introduction -- Parents as teachers: Discipline through positive teaching ; Setting reasonable expectations ; Giving clear messages ; Using consequences to change behavior ; Using reasons to encourage improvement -- Encouraging good behavior and preventing problems: Praise is powerful ; Teaching to prevent problems ; Reaching goals using charts and contracts -- Correcting problem behavior: Staying calm ; Correcting misbehavior ; Teaching self-control -- Putting it all together: Teaching social skills ; Making decisions and solving problems ; Holding family meetings ; Establishing family routines and traditions ; Making a parenting plan -- Special topics: Helping children succeed in school ; Handling peer pressure -- Wrapping it up -- Quick reference to parenting skills.