Sean Donahue advises parents to be the 'good cop' who still arrests people, not the warden of the jail.
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A grounded case for discipline that starts with parental self-control and moves toward firm, loving correction.
Discipline is treated as something that begins with the parent, not the child. The episode keeps returning to self-regulation: be the adult in the relationship, cool down before stepping in, and, when needed, sleep on a conflict before deciding what discipline should look like.
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