Punishments & Tactics...
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Distracting Children When Misbehaving
Kids sometimes misbehave, it's just a fact of life. Parents have a number of options available to them to guide and control their children's...
Eliminating Your Child's Temptations
Teaching your children good behaviour is all about showing them how to resist temptation, whether it’s to steal another biscuit, draw on the wall or squeeze out all...
Experiencing Negative Consequences of a Decision
It is usually tempting to step in and save your child from making a mistake, but sometimes children need to learn on their own why taking a...
Grounding Children
Grounding is a discipline technique which many parents use with their school-aged children. Though it has been used widely for decades many parents are still unfamiliar...
Positive and Negative Reinforcement for Good Behaviour
Children will always need guidance in good behaviour, and it is a parent’s duty to provide this guidance. Parents can model good behaviour and...
Smacking and Children
“Smacking” is a commonly accepted term for the (light) hitting of children in the name of discipline. Many parents smack their children with the belief that it will...
Taking Away Privileges
Many parents choose to take away their children’s privileges as a method of discipline. In theory this should teach children the consequences of their actions, but in...
Using 'Time Out' as a Punishment
Today's parents are almost universally familiar with the concept of a time out as a disciplinary technique, with most finding it to be quite effective in teaching kids...
Using Warnings to Control Behaviour
We've all seen them - the parents who are out with their children and the kids are simply refusing to cooperate. And what are Mum and Dad doing? They are issuing warning...
