Parent Effectiveness Training

Very quick read with lots of very useful ideas and information.

It's really just an introduction, though. The book is full of examples on how to apply the techniques in different situations, but they don't really cover each technique for each age group. I think some additional conversation around edge cases would also be useful.

Even so, this seems to me to be a very solid introductory text for non-punitive parenting approaches.

Discussed Active Listening (a way to accurately decode communication, while letting children solve their own problems) and negotiating win-win compromises with children. Also discussed the difference between the child's problems (and how to be helpful but disengaged) and the parent's problems with the child, and the different approaches to take with each type.