Disciplining Your Kids

I hope you have been finding my information useful in raising your children.  

In disciplining a child, warmth and love are the key ingredients to effectively helping them learn how to behave.  Your long range goal is to teach your children to discipline themselves, to have self-control rather than blindly follow others who are bigger and stronger than they. And just telling your kids how to behave is not enough.  They need to be told why, and in a loving and caring way!

Age appropriate guidance must be implemented.  Small children need to be taught safety lessons first, and then simple phrases like thank you and please. Occasionally, a simple short "time out" can be invoked.  Reward good behavior whenever possible.

For children of all ages, keep your rules succinct and simple, and whether or not you believe in spanking a child (I do not), NEVER shake a child or hit them in the head. 

Some children are hyperactive and pose greater challenges than others.  But all should be accepted, respected and loved, and parents must remember that the objective of discipline is to teach.

Maureen

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