Punishment is an interesting topic. Punishment regardless of its content or what setting it is used is negative. Sit down first. Parenting does NOT have to include punishment at all. Really.
Bottom line it is negative and ineffective. Adults punish because of the lack for knowing how to teach or motivate others (their children) to appropriate action in a better way.
It is a parents responsibility to learn how to teach preferably in positive effective ways. or they can continue to do it the hard unpleasant way for everyone.
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Donkey on a Parachute? Really?
13 years ago
Great blog! Reminds me of this quote:
ReplyDelete"Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating and doing better?" - Jane Nelson
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