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Lessons They’ll Never Forget: Alternatives to Punishment
Before you use a threat, a lecture, a punitive time-out, a withdrawal of privileges, a grounding, or anything else that might fix the behavior temporarily consider these alternatives–some of which I shamelessly stole from a variety of experts.
Teaching vs. Punishment: Discipline Lessons from Ping-Pong
This article is part 2 in a 3-part series on punishment. Punishing and threatening my children is my go-to method. What do I do instead?! I have no idea. Kidding! One parenting expert responds to this question by saying: “What’s the alternative? Such a question is...
Can I Punish Character into My Child?
Teachers and parents assume that clever consequences will change their child for the better and teach the intended lesson. Research and life experience tells us that this is simply not true. If what we really hope for is the formation of morals (a knowledge of right and wrong) and character (the part of us that dictates our desires, thoughts, and actions) then we need to discipline (root word disciple) in ways that are consistent with our long term goals for our children.