Short and to the point from Janet Lansbury: Three Essential Ingredients For Successful, Respectful Discipline 1. Respectful communication We intervene with even our youngest infants directly and honestly rather than resorting to distraction, tricks, coaxing or other types of disconnected, dishonest responses and manipulation. 2. Setting limits early We register our annoyance before it turns to frustration or anger and realize that this is a sign that we need to set a limit. Since we know it’s patently unfair to allow our negative feelings to infringe upon our relationship with our child, we perceive these limits as positive and loving. 3. Following through We recognize that our verbal directions and requests are often not enough, even when our children fully understand them. So we assure children that we will “help” them by confidently following through with gentle but insistent actions.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:28:56 +0000
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