I have a parakeet and I want to know whats a good way to hand train her

I don't want to cut her wings because my son loves to see her fly and she's a bird.. she was meant to fly. I would also like to know what is the easiest way to trim her nails? Please can anyone preferably someone with parakeet experience help me with this?

There are several websites where you can learn about positive reinforcement training. Positive reinforcement training is easily the best way to train absolutely anything.your bird, your kids, anything. Try these websites to give you a basic understanding of how it works:

http://www.wagntrain.com/OC/

http://www.birdsnways.com/

http://www.parrotparrot.com/articles/..

The basic ideas is: If you step up, you get a treat.

This is used every day of a working person's life. As in, "If you come to your job and work 8 hours, you will get a paycheck."

That is positive reinforcement. Check out those websites and perhaps Google: positive reinforcement training". You will find lots of information on this and your bird will be stepping onto your hand in no time.

My Grey does many tricks including playing basketball, flipping over a rope, putting a ring on a peg and answering questions on cue.

Believe me this is a very effective method of training.

Books:

Parrots For Dummies

Guide to Companion Parrot Behavior

This ought to get you started.

Yes she was meant to fly but the problem is they weren't really meant to live in a house either. Not clipping her exposes her to dangers like hot stoves, flying into mirrors, drowning ina toilet or a tub, or smacking into a wall and breaking her neck.