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Child Discipline Directory
One of the biggest jobs as a parent is disciplining your child. Follow the links below to find WebMD's comprehensive coverage about how disciplining children, the dos, the don'ts, and much more.
Medical Reference
What Is Conduct Disorder?
Conduct disorder is a serious behavioral and emotional disorder that can occur in children and teens. Learn more.
Handling Bad Behavior in a Child With Epilepsy
Treating your child differently because he has epilepsy? Kids -- even those who have seizures -- need to meet the same expectations as your other children. WebMD offers suggestions for dealing with behavioral challenges at home.
Parents, Kids, and Discipline
WebMD describes various discipline techniques for parents, barriers to good behavior, and when to get help for dangerous behavior patterns.
Stop Children From Biting: Strategies and Tips for Parents
Is your child a biter? WebMD helps you understand why your toddler or older child bites and how to handle the behavior and prevent it in the future.
Features
Positive Time-Out
While some discipline experts have rejected the idea of time-outs, Jane Nelsen, author of Positive Time-Out, suggests modifying time-outs to make them a comforting experience.
Is Your Family Out of Control?
Experts say bringing back discipline is key to getting well-behaved kids.
Gentle Discipline Tips
Three experts who have written extensively on the new, enlightened approach to parenting young children, offer suggestions for dealing with toddlers.
Gentle Discipline Tips
Three experts who have written extensively on the new, enlightened approach to parenting young children, offer suggestions for dealing with toddlers.
Video
Setting Limits for a Child
Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton gives advice for parents on setting age-appropriate limits for their child's behavior.
Should Children Do Chores?
Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton talks about the appropriate age for children to be assigned chores by their parents.
Are You Spoiling Your Child?
Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton talks about how parents can know if they are spoiling their child.
Children's Health: Expert Doctors