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Teaching Children Discipline
What You Can Do as a Parent
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Make and
explain age appropriate rules for your
child. If a rule is broken, discipline with
a consistent, safe punishment like a short,
quiet time alone
without play.
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Be consistent not only in
setting limits but with routines at home.
Your child needs to eat and sleep at regular
times each day to avoid big highs and big
lows.
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Give your
child limited choices to learn decision
making skills (ex: choosing toys or clothing
to wear for the day). When children are
given options to choose from, they are much
more likely to cooperate.
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Give your
child natural consequences (ex: expect your
child to clean up spilled milk when he/she
pours too much in his glass). Children must
be taught consequences for their actions.
Predicting consequences gives children
practice in analyzing situations before
problems occur.
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Be consistent
about follow through when setting a limit
with your child's behavior. The child learns
that adults mean what they say and that
adults will follow through with firm and
kind action. Follow through teaches children
to they say and that
adults will follow through with firm and
kind action. Follow through teaches children
to be responsible for their actions.
DISCIPLINE IS HELPING
CHILDREN DEVELOP SELF-CONTROL
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