Discipline
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How to Teach Your Child Hygiene
When you teach your child about hygiene, you will probably find that the challenge isn’t showing them how to stay clean. Children are smart, and understand from an early age how teeth brushing, hand soap, and showers work. The main problem you are likely to encounter is how to teach your child the importance of hygiene. They might know how to shower, or bathe, but they showered already this month, so do they really need to do it again? Even more so, if you can convince them that being clean is good, motivating them to engage regularly in daily hygiene tasks can be difficult. Knowing how to use a toothbrush…
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How to Survive Tantrums and Meltdowns
Knowing how to survive tantrums or meltdowns can be invaluable throughout your child’s early years. If you have a child over one you will probably have experienced the drama and emotional distress that comes when your sweet child transfers into a mini hulk. Of course, if one happens at home it’s hard. However, if you are unfortunate enough to be out in public when meltdowns or tantrums come, though you know you will survive, it can be mortifying. Tantrums and meltdowns are never fun. We can more than survive, however. In the messy moments, we can connect with our children and help them thrive. The difference between a tantrum and…
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The Difference Between Discipline and Punishment
Is there a difference between discipline and punishment? I grew up in the age of authoritative parenting. “Spoil the rod to spare the child,” was the mantra that my parents and their friends lived by. Oh, did we learn the rod! In those days, if you stepped out of line then you felt it. I know that my parents did what they truly felt was best for us. But was it really the best way? Are punishments the only way to discipline? Are they the best way to discipline? Or, can discipline mean something different? What is the difference between discipline and punishment? At the very heart of it, discipline…
