“Effective discipline is based on loving guidance. It is based on the belief that children are born innately good and that our role as parents is to nurture their spirits as they learn about limits and boundaries, rather than to curb their tendencies toward wrongdoing. Effective discipline presumes that children have reasons for their behavior … Continue reading
“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.” Tell them they are fat, ugly, stupid or a jerk, even in jest, and that’s the inner voice they will hear, for the rest of their lives. kqd
“Hitting is never the best way to teach a child. Even in the case of real danger – as when a child runs out into the road – you can grab him, sit him down, look him in the eyes, and tell him why he must never do that again. The panic in your voice … Continue reading
“Don’t stand unmoving outside the door of a crying baby whose only desire is to touch you. Go to your baby. Go to your baby a million times. Demonstrate that people can be trusted, that the environment can be trusted, that we live in a benign (gentle) universe.” To do otherwise is to follow the … Continue reading
