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Cooperative Kids is a parent education program started in 2009, to provide a positive alternative to parents looking for a more compassionate and loving approach to raising their children.
Our parenting class is called LOVE, LIMITS & LESSONS. Currently there are no qualified instructors available to teach the course. On online and self-paced course are both in development and are due to be release soon. The workbook and self-paced course are due before 2026.
Anyone seeking help can purchase the Love, Limits & Lessons book from Amazon. A link to the book is on the HOME page. A self-guided workbook is soon to be released.
Parents needing immediate help can contact Bill Corbett for online coaching. You can email him your issues and he will respond. His email address is below. Bill also provides parent coaching via Zoom for $50/hour.
The TIME TIMER visual timer helps to keep kids on track with tasks and assignments. A father uses it in the bathroom to help his 3-year-old know how long she should brush her teeth. Go see them NOW by CLICKING HERE.
Discipline is the practice of guiding children’s behavior in ways that teach responsibility, respect, and self-control. Unlike punishment, which focuses on making kids “pay” for mistakes, true discipline is about helping them learn from their choices, understand boundaries, and develop lifelong skills. Effective discipline combines love, clear limits, and consistent follow-through to shape positive behavior while strengthening the parent-child relationship.
Examples include natural consequences, offering choices, setting clear routines, and teaching emotional regulation.
Yes! In fact, strong-willed kids respond especially well to respectful communication and consistent boundaries.
Practice pausing before reacting, use calm but firm language, and remember that consistency—not volume—creates respect.
Discipline is the practice of guiding children’s behavior in ways that teach responsibility, respect, and self-control. Unlike punishment, which focuses on making kids “pay” for mistakes, true discipline is about helping them learn from their choices, understand boundaries, and develop lifelong skills. Effective discipline combines love, clear limits, and consistent follow-through to shape positive behavior while strengthening the parent-child relationship.
Punishment is designed to make a child feel bad for what they did. Making them feel bad doesn't stop the behavior, it only teaches them to hide it from the punisher. Discipline means "to teach, so the help in our resources are effective ways of teaching appropriate and positive behaviors.
One of the best ways featured in our books it to setup boundaries in advance, before the challenging behavior occurs. Role play works so well in creating scenarios that you know will eventually happen, and then engage your child in role playing with you. When they see the bounary, they are more likely to respect it.
There are so many listed in our resources but one of the best is to start every day with a 5-minute moment at the kitchen table with your kids. During that spell, don't speak to them, only listen intently. Set a timer and tell them that Mom is not going to talk until the timer goes off because she wants to hear all about your day ahead. This GEM sets the tone for the rest of your child's day because they got their emotional needs met from their primary caregiver.
Children live in an egotistical world... they are the center and everyone else revolves around them. To teach cooperation, model it often. When another adult in your family needs something from you, ask them to start saying to you, "I need your cooperation," rather than just talking, and do it so the kids will hear. They need to see what cooperation looks and sounds like. You should then reply, "Thank you for asking for my cooperation." There are way more ideas in our resources.
Absolutely. It changes the way of life around your home and even better if all the adults in your home are saing and doing the same thing. Your child's teachers will love knowing what you're reading and doing at home because they will see it live when your child steps into her classroom.
For questions or further help, contact Bill Corbett via email at bill@cooperativekids.com
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