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:

1. Patience;
   
2. Determination;
   
3. Confidence;
   
4. Genuineness and concern;
   
5. Openness;
   
6. Separateness;
   
7. Friendly firmness;
   
8. An understanding of development & the factors that affect development;
   
9. Thorough communication; and
   
10. 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?

Tuesday, June 8 we shake, rattle, and roll as we talk about movement in young children on my radio show, The Parent's Plate. Do you know the difference between small and gross motor skills and how to help children develop in these areas?

As I discuss what's normal in early childhood motor development I welcome your comments and questions at our toll free studio line 877-864-4869.

Along with movement, I'll chat with the authors of the brand new Wiggly Bible Rhymes & Rhythms book, Karen Whiting and Mary Rose Pearson. You gotta see their cute, practical, fun book to believe it. There are songs, fingerplays, and many activities to get your tots shaking, rattling, and rolling. It's a great resource for teachers, too.

Be sure to tune in Tuesday at 10 am (EST) or if you miss the live airing of this episode of The Parent's Plate, come back here and click on the podcast at www.toginet.com/shows/theparentsplate.

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