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2). Discipline Versus Punishment By : Kim Olver
Do you know the difference between discipline and punishment with their Latin roots? Punishment implies inflicting pain, while discipline means to teach. Parents who use punishment are missing important opportunities to teach their children better behaviors and help them self-discipline. Children can actually be taught responsible behaviors to help them get the things they want without breaking the rules.
Article Related to: parenting, parenting skills, discipline, punishment
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4). Rethinking Time-Out By : Karen Alonge
Parents are often advised to put their child in time-out as a form of discipline. While this sure beats the old-fashioned method of spanking as a behavior management tool, it still presents a few problems. Not the least of which is … who’s gonna make him go?
If he refuses, and you pick him up or drag him over there, haven’t you just resorted to controlling your child using physical force? And how much different is that, truly, from spanking?
I have a proposition for you.
Article Related to: parenting, discipline, time-out, punishment, positive reinforcement, spanking
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