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Date Submitted: 09/29/2013 12:57 PM
Children Need Discipline
Imagine a tiny casket and in that casket is a child taken from this world at the hand of a parent. Now imagine that parent saying they were only trying to teach that child right from wrong. Too many parents have stopped disciplining their children in fear that they will be abusing their child. Discipline, in fact, is the complete opposite of abuse. Children actually crave discipline, structure, and order in their lives. When the structure and boundaries are not there, things start to go wrong. All children need to know where their boundaries are, and they check those boundaries because they want to see what happens. Children need discipline in order to grow up to be happy contributing members of society. Children who are not given boundaries to behavior grow up without the ability to exercise self control; they feel depressed and are not able to cooperate with peers.
Children need to be able to practice self discipline, and without consequences, they have nothing to help model their own decisions against. Supernanny Jo Frost says “Discipline as a way of teaching your child self-control instead of a way of controlling your child. Once you’ve helped build that sense of self-control you’ve effectively taught your child the skill of disciplining himself.” (Supernanny Team, 2009) When a child does not receive discipline and consequences they do not learn from mistakes. “Having logical consequences for misbehavior helps them learn that they are accountable for their actions, without damaging their self-esteem.” (American Academy of, 2008) When a child knows what is on the other side of a decision it makes it easier to exercise self restraint. A child who does not understand consequences is more likely to break rules and not be able to stop themselves. “Children are not born with the innate ability to understand boundaries”. (American Academy of, 2008) It is up to the parents to guide a child back from the edge and help them to know how...