How to Discipline Children

Disciplining a child is a very tricky subject. I always have to be very cautios, I have three daughters, and they have been known to test me in the past. The worst is outdoors in the public. I hate having to discipline my children then, because I always feel like a million pairs of eyes are on me, judging my actions. In the last few days alone, there have been a couple of news reports about this subject, where police officers have seen things and ended up reporting families to Social Services. These things have been completely uncalled for, and unneccessary, but they add to the paranoia of being a parent - like its not a hard enough job as it is! For me, ...  Read the complete review

When I was a child I certainly wasn't beaten, but if I over stepped the mark I would have a smack across the back of the legs and it would sting like mad. My parents were modern and cool and loved both me and my sister dearly. There was no malicious agenda in giving us a smack, just their way of instilling discipline in us in order to understand that if we did something wrong or said something cheeky then there would be consequences. I think that this helped shape us into the women that we are today. Living our lives with respect for others and striving to treat others and we would wish to be treated. I have two children of my own and although I think that the ...  Read the complete review

I'm too young to have had any of my own children, but doesn't mean i don't know anything about disciplining a child or the importance of it. The children of these days are becoming more and more rude and disrespectful because parents aren't disciplining their children, or at least are doing little of it. For some reason the idea has gotten to their heads that telling your children off will "mentally scar" or "traumatise" their children in their future years. This is why there are many teenagers that are off the rails and that are up to no good. I have so much respect for my parents, and i would never shout abuse at them, or argue with them ...  Read the complete review

Being a mother to two chidren, I totally agree that discipline is needed to sculpt your child behaviour and also to teach them right from wrong and to generally sculpt them as people. I think the big question is how you should do it. Living with a teenager and a toddler is a nightmare in my house, not only am I trying not to fight with my daughter, but I also have to stop my son from destroying whatever he gets his hands on. It really is a lot to juggle and I think that it shows that kids od different ages need different discipline. I have never been one to smack a child. I don't judge other parents for doing it, because I can understand how kids ...  Read the complete review

The word discipline comes from the word disciple - a pupil. Today it has come to mean 'punishment'. I prefer the original root of the word. Having brought up three children, and owned dogs large and small, I'm amazed that the same results are achieved by the same correct discipline. I just wished I'd known it when I had my first child, and first dog! I say 'correct' discipline. This DOES NOT in any way involve hitting children and animals. As a small child I was beaten with a leather belt, and the hand - sometimes slapped around the head - and it is absolutely wrong. It is positive reinforcement that works - not punishment. Writing this ...  Read the complete review