Quote From: coachingRather than use physical punishment on our children, we need to learn how to communicate in effective and affective ways.
We need to teach discipline, without anger, and focus on behavior and not personalities.
True, it is easier to strike out and slap our frustration all over our kids, but when we wait until we are no longer angry, and discuss what happened with our kids we teach them discipline.
Discipline, in this case, is learned in two ways by example - your ability to wait until calm to enter into discussion, and the nature of the discussion itself.
By having our children explain why they did what ever it was, and by asking if there were any alternative actions/behaviors they might have taken, we teach our children to think before they act.
This form of discipline will serve our kids well, and help them form healthy, lasting relationships.
I WOULD LOVE TO THINK THAT ALL SHE NEEDS IS A GOOD WACK OR TWO...
( I HIT, BUT NOT VERY OFTEN, I DON'T HAVE TOO....THEY DON'T LIKE IT AND DON'T ACT UP)
TALKING ONLY WORKS S O M E T I M E S ..................................
I LOVE THE IDEA OF BOOT CAMP FOR IDIOT TEENAGERS WHO THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL...
BUT
THIS IS NOT FOR HER EITHER....
SHE NEEDS BETTER ADULT INFLUENCES, AND BETTER SKILLS TO COPE WITH.
