Thursday, October 22, 2009

Discipline

1. Make a choice (husband & wife) on your discipline method. What actions do we disciple for?
2. Be consistent.

We really focus our parenting efforts on first time obedience: http://childwisechat.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/first-time-obedience/

When they are young, under 2, we redirect: http://www.babyhearing.org/LanguageLearning/PositiveParent/redirecting.asp

Also, I believe most children are really just "testing the boundaries" - so establish good boundary lines and discipline every time they go outside the acceptable boundary. To find out more, a good read is: http://www.amazon.com/Boundaries-Kids-Dr-Henry-Cloud/dp/0310200350

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