From Avoiding Extreme Parenting
ANCHOR POINTS for HEALTHY DISCIPLINE of OUR CHILDREN
- Correct a child in a spirit of love and never discipline in anger. Always be in a clear and reasonable mind when guiding your child through to improved behavior.
- Timing- discipline as close to the infraction as possible so they understand the connection between the disobedience and the consequence.
- Your goal with discipline needs to always be character development – What did I just teach my child?
- Steps of correction should be fair, reasonable, and age-appropriate and fit the misbehavior. Belittling, guilt-trips and embarrassment are out of place.
- Be prepared to follow through on your family guidelines and their consequences - don’t threaten carelessly.
- Choose who is to be the authority role seriously- either you parent your child or they parent you.