A review by mayame
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 by Thomas W. Phelan

I read far enough to get the general gist of things and then decided to take it back to the library and maybe watch the DVD another time. I kind of hate reading books like this, which spend excessive amounts of ink and paper trying to sell the reader on why the method they are about to explain (oh, they will get there... eventually) is so magical. This salesy approach, instead of convincing me, makes me really suspicious and guarded. But, from the bit I read, I got the basic idea and I can see where the proposed techniques for discipline and keeping your cool may be useful in certain circumstances. I just can't see it being a live-and-die by it kind of thing for me.