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How to Discipline Children |
| Date: |
13/07/02 (86 review reads) |
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Advantages: No smacking, I suppose
Disadvantages: Children know they can get away with it
I notice that there have been 306 opinions written about this subject. I wonder how many of them have been written by people who are NOT parents? Or am I the only one? Because I am not a parent or work with children, do I 'qualify' to write about discipling children? Well, I shall give you my thoughts, anyway, and you can tell me what you think.
I love children. I have 2 absolutely gorgeous and adorable little nieces, and 1 beautiful God-daughter - ranging from 3 yrs - 7 yrs of age. I have spent many a night with them all, and once shared a flat with a woman who had a small son. I used to babysit for him every weekend. I know this does not make me the sort of person to talk about this, but I feel that this is such a strong subject.
How on earth do you discipline children? As a child, I was smacked by my mother on occasions. That's not a bad thing. She never wacked me hard, but good enough to teach me a lesson, and not to make the same mistake twice.
When I was a kid, we were allowed to be punished by our teachers like caning and such like. Children were a lot more aware of the consequences of what to expect. Parents could chastise their children without the worry of someone reporting them for child abuse, or getting angry stares from the public! Child abuse for goodness sake! My friend, who's 67, remembers the days when Police Officers could give you a minor slap or take you by the ear. This, I know, is wrong, but children knew better than to mess with the law.
I know times change and things change. Children of today know that they can get away with a hell of a lot. They know if their piers put one step out of line, they can go to the Police, or complain to someone. I have children climbing into my garden. What do I do? I tell them to get out, and what do I get? All I get is a load of lip and grief from them. I'm not nasty to them. I had a boy of 10 giving me jip because I told him off! I
wouldn't in my wildest dreams ever think about discipling them in a physical sense. If I get any gripes, I would talk to the parents. But what can they do? They can't watch them 24/7!
All I'm saying really is that I think the law is a bit too lenient, and could toughen up ever so slightly on discipline. I mean, if teachers can go to court now for smacking children, what can you do? It's all wrong! Have our parents and grandparents grown up to be mentally disturbed by being disciplined as children? No, they haven't.
I realise that some of you are going to have strong views on this subject. I mean, what right have I got to say these things? I'm not a parent! What do I know? Please don't get the wrong impression. For goodness sake, I work at a Fun Fair and am surrounded by children every working minute! I wouldn't be there if I didn't love 'em! I just feel that discipline could be a bit more in Britain in general.
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