In a recent interview the American Psychological Association had with parenting expert Alan Kazdin (PhD) he explained that spanking is not an effective discipline strategy to use.
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Dealing with a Sulky Child
I despise sulking. In my opinion it is the worst type of passive aggressive behavior that can be used by my kids. And they do use it. Often. Why? Because it works… Sulking or pouting is a silent temper tantrum. You can spot the lip from a thousand miles. I have reached the point where [...]
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Dealing with Sibling Rivalry
If you have more than one child, or is even just pregnant with a second child, you will know what sibling rivalry is. Sibling rivalry is the age old jealousy and fighting between brothers and sisters. In today’s age with reconstituted families – with half and stepbrothers or sisters – we can even notice more [...]
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Tags: Discipline, Sibling rivalry
Using Time Out to Discipline Your Child
Since Super Nanny and Nanny 911 been introduced into our households on television, most parents with young children started using time-out as a discipline strategy in their houses. Unfortunately most parents tend to give up after a while and things go back to the way it was before. I do believe that time-out is very [...]
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Tags: Discipline, Punishing your child
Oppositional Defiant Behavior in my Child
Most parents give a sigh of relief when their child turns 3 and they can relax, because this is the end of the terrible two’s. We all recognize a two year old’s temper tantrum as a normal developmental milestone to learn how to deal with their environment. Children become oppositional, angry, disobedient and defiant when [...]
Using Positive Reinforcement in Disciplining Your Children
The behaviorists introduced the term of reinforment with Pavlov’s dog reacting in the desired way, drooling, when a bell was rang before receiving his meal. A stimulus was presented, the ringing of the bell when presenting his food, which led to the desired response of the dog drooling. Eventually the dog would start to drool [...]
Categorized in Reinforcement
The Evolution of Discipline Strategies
The methods of disciplining children have changed considerably over the decades. Severe beatings used to be the norm in Ancient Greece, and became common during the nineteenth century in Europe, America and South Africa. In order to control the children more effectively, they were scared through ghost stories and other scary figures, for example the [...]
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