| Is disciplining children something you hate doing? Have | | | | you mean business, your efforts will be far more |
| you tried every possible technique to no avail? First of | | | | effective. |
| all the methods you use should depend on the age and | | | | If parents differ in their approach and theories of |
| maturity of your children as well as the misbehavior. | | | | disciplining children it can cause tension and conflict in |
| The most effective discipline teaches your children | | | | the family. You need to find a common ground and |
| right from wrong. You must acknowledge and reward | | | | learn to work together as a team. It's not so much |
| the good behaviors as well. | | | | about compromise as it is about learning from each |
| Disciplining children should not involve physical | | | | other. Each parent can bring value to the table. |
| punishment or verbal abuse of any kind. These are | | | | Demand respect when disciplining children. They need |
| methods of the past that simply do not work and are | | | | to be able to express their feeling, everyone deserves |
| not acceptable. Using these methods conveys a | | | | that, but make sure that they know that you will not |
| message to your child that it is okay to be violent and | | | | tolerate them being disrespectful. Respect also goes |
| abusive. The goal is discipline not punishment. | | | | both ways, so make sure that you are speaking to |
| Disciplining children without physical punishment or | | | | your child the way you want him to speak to you. |
| verbal abuse might leave you wondering what exactly | | | | To be most effective when disciplining children, do not |
| you should do instead. Well the goal is to teach children | | | | do it when you are angry. If you need to put yourself in |
| self discipline; this is a far more effective form of | | | | timeout for a while, do it. Nobody is too old for time out. |
| discipline. Children most often misbehave because they | | | | Take some time to think of the most appropriate way |
| have needs that are not met. We need to teach them | | | | to deal with the situation before e you fly off the |
| to satisfy those needs on their own. | | | | handle and do or say something that you might later |
| When disciplining children you must create a set of | | | | regret. |
| rules and guidelines that you want your children to | | | | Disciplining children is teaching our children how to live in |
| follow. Make sure that you state them very clearly and | | | | this world.. Your children really do want to please you, |
| make sure that your child understands them. The most | | | | and they want your approval. We all want our children |
| important thing is consistency. If your child knows that | | | | to grow up to be well adjusted self disciplined adults. |