The purpose of discipline

Category: the Art of being a parent | 16 октября 2015, 17:23

Discipling a child, you first of all teach him to control himself. The main goal of parenting is to help the child become an independent person, able to control his behavior. Because the ability to control themselves will largely depend on the child's view of himself, it is important not to reduce the child's self-esteem in the process of his upbringing. It's one thing to call a baby bad and obnoxious that it kicks you down, and quite another thing to say to him: "it is not Good kicking, and I will not tolerate that". Can be relatively safe to criticize the actions of another person, when he has the opportunity to be corrected, but in any case should not lose his dignity, because he can never become a different person.

The Bible teaches parents: "train a child in the beginning of his ways" (Prov. 22:6). She teaches parents not to go on about the baby and to fulfill all his desires, and parental guidance not always being attracted to a child. He may stubbornly to challenge your every word. But remember that you are a teacher, a coach, and he is your student or mentee. Not a child sets the rules, his work to implement them regardless of whether he agrees with them or not. What if the child will not listen to you and obey your guidance? In this case, you must help him learn to listen to you. Validation of parenting begins when a parent is faced with the boldness, resistance, disobedience and other negative reactions.