Effective Discipline
Want to be effective in your discipline? Need help getting your point across? Want to regain control? From my friends at the Child Welfare League of America, here's a list of the what's needed for effective discipline. Many of these I have addressed in my weekly Discipline Tip you receive. I challenge you to print out this list and put it on your bathroom or bedroom mirror, in the kitchen and in the car. Effective discipline requires:
- Patience;
- Determination;
- Confidence;
- Genuineness and concern;
- Openness;
- Separateness;
- Friendly firmness;
- An understanding of development & the factors that affect development;
- Thorough communication; and
- An understanding of the goal of discipline.
In daily discipline -- consider these skills and qualities. Do you have what it takes to be an effective disciplinarian?
1 comment:
This is a super list, Brenda. They're all important. Putting Patience at the head of the list makes good sense.
I like the kind and firm philosophy and with patience I can step back and ask myself, "How can I be kind and firm in this instance.
I'm following you, Brenda. You're a star!
Jean Tracy, MSS
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