| Parents need to learn positive child discipline, children | | | | Positive child discipline involves showing your children |
| deserves to be treated with respect, even when they | | | | the right behavior by doing it yourself. Children learn by |
| are misbehaving. Studies show that children who are | | | | watching how adults behave. So it is important behave |
| raised with spankings are less likely to learn right from | | | | appropriately. If the adults do not eat vegetables, it will |
| wrong, and are more likely to misbehave behind their | | | | be hard to get the children to eat them. If the adults |
| parent's backs. | | | | smoke, the children might try to smoke. |
| If we want our children to make wise decisions when | | | | Rewarding your child for good behavior is excellent |
| they deal with problems, then we must use positive | | | | positive child discipline. Children need to know when |
| child discipline to teach them. Children need help | | | | they doing the right thing. A reward does not need to |
| learning good behavior. How do you know if a discipline | | | | be a present. Parents can say something nice, like "I |
| method has worked? One way to judge is, has the | | | | like the way you did that" or "I am proud of you". |
| child learned from this method?. If a child is doing more | | | | Parents can give a hug or a smile or praise their child in |
| of the right things and fewer of the wrong things, it is | | | | front of others to reward him. |
| working! | | | | Sometimes finding positive child discipline methods can |
| Positive child discipline also changes the way children | | | | be difficult. Sometimes it just seems like they want to |
| feel about themselves. Sometimes people think that | | | | be bad. Understanding why children misbehave is |
| the purpose of discipline is to get children to do the | | | | important. You need to figure out the reason for your |
| right thing right now. The purpose of discipline is to | | | | child's misbehavior by looking for patterns in their child's |
| raise responsible, confident children. We want our | | | | behavior. Is your child tired, bored, sick or are they |
| children to grow up to think for themselves, to learn | | | | seeking attention. We need to figure out what our |
| acceptable behaviors, and to make wise decisions | | | | children need. |
| when they deal with problems. | | | | Positive child discipline is used teach the child what is |
| There are several ways to use positive child discipline. | | | | wrong and what is right. Sometimes you cannot |
| First thing is to try and understand our children and | | | | prevent wrong behavior. Teach your children the |
| what to expect from them. Know what is normal. This | | | | connection between their actions and the results of |
| will help parents to provide for their children's needs. | | | | their misbehavior. You can use logical and natural |
| When children needs met they are less likely to | | | | consequences to do that. Natural consequences are |
| misbehave. | | | | what naturally happen after a child's behavior. |