Point of breakdown (How to Discipline Children)

Member Name: IanPaterson

Product:	How to Discipline Children
Date:	06/09/00 (425 review reads)
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I am a father of two, a two and a half year old boy and a girl of thirteen months. As parents, we all know how close to the edge children can drive you. Being over tired and stressed with screaming kids that will not cooperate or behave does not always make you the most rational person around.

Children learn from adults by copying and reinacting what they see through play. Play acting is a fundamental part of a childs development for social interaction and understanding of the world around them in a context that they have control over. Does your child smack toys when playing? If your child feels wronged, does your child smack you or their siblings? If they do, does it anger you? Do you smack them back? If so, why? They are copying you!

Parents must be held responsible for the disciplining and punishment of badly behaved children in public, at scholl and in the home. How they do it is entirely up to them within the bounds of reason. I do not expect anyone else to have to teach my children how to behave. I am a parent, it is my JOB.

Unruly kids at school are a big problem. They disrupt lessons, abuse teachers and other pupils and prevent other kids from learning. The child smacked by the teacher mentioned for this topic did have learning difficulties. Were they being deliberately unruly or do they have a problem expressing themselves? From my opening statement, frustration does not make a good negotiator. We are seeing more and more children suffering from conditions like autism, ADHD, OCD, Aspurgess syndrome. Are these unruly kids really in need of help more than discipline? This is again where parents should be taking the initiative.

I keep coming back to the same point. The parents must be responsible for their childs actions in or out of the home. We must educate parents better to spot problems like autism and dyslexia before major problems ocurr and damage their childs school career and ultimately their fu
ture.

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