A bestselling modern classic on the gentle art of discipline for toddlers by the internationally renowned childcare expert, podcaster, and author of Elevating Child Care

No Bad Kids presents Janet Lansbury’s signature approach to discipline, which she sees as a parent's act of compassion and love for a child. Full of wisdom and encouragement, it covers all your common toddler concerns, such as why toddlers need clear boundaries (and how to set them without shouting), advice for parenting a strong-willed child, how to be a gentle leader, and Lansbury’s secret for staying calm.

For parents anticipating or experiencing those critical years when toddlers are developmentally obliged to test the limits of our patience and love, No Bad Kids is a practical, indispensable resource for putting respectful discipline into action.

Janet Lansbury is a parenting teacher and consultant whose blog is read by millions annually. Her podcast, Janet Lansbury Unruffled, is one of the all-time most downloaded parenting podcasts, and her supporters include big names such as James Clear, Tina Payne Bryson and Susan David. Trained by parenting pioneer Magda Gerber in her Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) philosophy, Lansbury has more than twenty-five years of hands-on experience working with parents and their infants and toddlers. The author of bestselling parenting books No Bad Kids and Elevating Child Care, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and has three grown-up children.