Effective Ways to Discipline Children
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Angela Barrington-Hillier
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2012-03-23 07:38:51 |
Effective Ways to Discipline Children
TV shows such “Super Nanny” and “Nanny 911 show effective ways to discipline children.
The best examples of lack of discipline of children can be seen on these TV shows. These poor parents lack in knowledge and direction of how to discipline children or don’t believe in discipline at all.
Children are not born knowing right from wrong and discipline is the best trainer for children.
At what age should discipline of children start?
A child who can get around on his own needs discipline for his own safety. For example, when a crawling baby insists on crawling up the stairs, simply pick him up and put him in the play pen with a verbal warning of simply “No.”
That is the right amount of discipline for a child that young. He will eventually understand that if he tries to crawl up the stairs he will get to play in the playpen.
Discipline for young children
As the child grows older she will need other forms of discipline. Warning a child of the consequences of her actions and then letting her experience the consequences (if the consequences are not dangerous to her) is an effective discipline tactic.
For instance, if she refuses to put away her toys before going to bed and you have warned her that she will not be allowed to play with them, stick to your guns and take her toys from her for one full day. When she gets her toys back remind her again of the consequences if she does not put them away.
If she does it again determine if she truly forgot or if she is being defiant. She will still need to go without her toys another day if she simply forgot. Consistency is crucial in helping her to remember the rules. However, if she is defiant add another day without her toys. Keep adding days until she becomes compliant.
What ever you do, stick to the consequences of her disobedience. You will establish the fact that you mean what you say and you are to be obeyed. This will come in handy when she’s a teenager. You chose the role of parenthood and being a parent is not for wimps.
Ways to discipline children in their teens
First of all, tweens or teens need to know that the only rights they have are the right to be loved, educated, housed, clothed and fed and that everything else they have is a privilege. He does not have a right to his own TV, computer, cell phone, video games or car. Therefore, if he breaks a rule he can expect to lose a privilege.
Take his favorite privilege away long enough for it to hurt and be remembered.
You as parents have the right to search his room if you suspect drugs, cigarettes, alcohol or inappropriate books and magazines. If you have brought him up to know that you love him enough to discipline him and if you tell him the consequences for misbehavior then he can count on those consequences coming to pass.
On the other side of discipline for children in their teens is they know that you truly love them and that they can talk to you and you will listen.
In Conclusion
Kids need discipline, they need guidance and they need trust. There is no perfect balance, but the fact that you are reading this shows that you care enough to make discipline an important part of their upbringing.
Effective Ways To Discipline Children By Angela Barrington-Hillier
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