Your brother and his wife have recently had a baby. Since you are taking a child development class, he asks your advice on how to discipline their daughter when she gets older

Your brother says that he and his wife have agreed they don't want to use physical punishment on their daughter.

What will be an ideal response?

--Put emphasis on teaching good behavior, not punishment.
--No one technique works right away all the time.
Specific positive discipline strategies
--Manage situations to reduce the temptation for misbehavior.
--Set clear rules and limits.
--Praise good behavior/"catch them being good".
--Use explanations and reasoning.
--If you must punish, use time out or removing privileges.
--Parents who are positively involved with their children have better behaved children.