Part I: Responsibility: Who's in charge?
Childhood: The building block for adulthood
Why is discipline necessary?
Who is responsible?
"We argue about everything"
Don't become part of the consequence
Ethnic traits that help
Part II: Parenthood: Getting organized
Who needs the discipline?
Drawing up the plan
"Allow my child to fail?"
"What do I do about lying?"
Part III: Spanking: Why and how
Why spank?
The proper way to spank
Questions often asked about spanking
Part IV: School: The child's new frontier
Preschool day care and its impact on discipline
The first test of freedom
School and the older child
A time for structured freedom
Part V: Discipline: Correction that teaches
The big failures
Sibling rivalry
Part VI: Maturity: Postponing a present desire for a future benefit
A plan for teaching self-control
The discipline of financial stewardship
The discipline of patience
The discipline of dealing with peer pressure
The discipline of following a philosophy of life
Part VII: Perseverance: Disciplining children in difficult situations
Discipline and the single parent
Discipline in the blended family
"But you don't know where I live"
"But mine isn't responding"
Part VIII: Conclusion: What it all boils down to
Pizza crust
Appendix A: Disciplinary plan sheet
Appendix B: For further reading