| Positive Discipline | Positive Parenting | Positive Psychology Parenting |
Goal | Prevention & Treatment | Prevention & Treatment | Flourishing |
| Move from −2 to zero (no mental disease) | Move from −2 to zero (no mental disease) | Move from 0 to as high as possible |
Target Group | Cases with special challenges | Special & General population | General population |
Family level impact | No unpleasant parent-child interactions | Low-conflict family environment | Good/meaningful life for the whole family |
“Positive” means | Non-violent, non-punitive parenting or Kind & Firm parenting | Non-violent, non-maltreating parenting | Positive emotions and their Broadening and building effect proposed by |
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