Being a parent now for almost sixteen years I can really understand the fine balance between toddler discipline, and squashing the spirit of a young child.

When my first child Ellie was born I was completely new with this thing called parenting, and I found a lot of the parenting books to be contradictory at greatest and some just plain stupid at worst. This may sound harsh for some new parents who are looking for a clear path being a parent.

I understand being a parent is a tricky business specially when talking about discipline and particularly toddler discipline, if you opt for the free range approach and just let your kids sort of develop in the vain hope all will be well, then you'll probably be living some sort of living nightmare, with your kid completely dictating the agenda and totally running your life.

On the other hand if you opt for total discipline as liked by many over the years, then you run the risk of completely losing the true essences of your kid's character.

I would like to state that their is a holy grail of toddler discipline, that you could follow and tick off the list as you go, and believe me some people would attempt to sell it off to you that way. The way I see it, it's regarding two core things boundaries and communication particularly as your child begins to get to the toddler stage and beyond.

I still find this to be with my 16 and 13 old kids, I have what i refer to as my fall back position, that's as far as I will carry on any given issue, that's my boundary that in many instances my children over a number of years have learnt to recognize, however within those boundaries their is a number of opportunities of freedom of expression and chances to grow as a human being that I personally feel is vital.

To do this though good communication is vital while implementing toddler discipline, to this end I have been highly fortunate to have learnt things such as NLP that have assisted me shape my vocabulary skills and body language to get maximum engagement with my children.

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