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?