Parent Help - How to Discipline Kids

Are you worried about the way your child behaves? Do you have child behavior problems and are not sure how to effectively implement child discipline? You are not alone! Many parents have concerns about how to discipline kids.

It is important to understand what discipline for kids really is all about. Child discipline is not about punishing kids. Child discipline is the way parents can teach and train their children to help them learn self discipline and self control. Child discipline teaches kids how to be responsibility. Parents help kids to grow into adults who are respected because they take responsibility for their actions.

Here at this that some guidelines to help you understand how to discipline kids.

Start when your kids are babies
It is preferable to start child discipline as early as possible. Don't wait too long before teaching your kids appropriate behavior. Start disciplining at the baby stage. You know when to start disciplining when you see your baby looking to see your reaction when they deliberately throw or drop a toy. Your response to this reaction will start to set the scene for whether the baby learns to get your reaction with positive or negative behavior.

A parent needs to respond to this kind of action with a firm "NO" and shake of the head. Repeat this response every time the baby does this unacceptable action. In this way the baby will learn that when the toy is dropped or deliberately thrown, the parent does not respond with the usual smile or approval. If however, a parent gives the baby positive attention to such an action it will encourage the baby to repeat the action to get the parents attention .
Discipline your kids through consequences

If kids deliberately overstep previously set rules and boundaries, or disobey, consequences should be given for those choices. For the consequences to be effective, kids need to understand ahead of time what the consequences of overstepping those limits or disobeying would be. When following through with consequences, parents need to be sure the child understands why the consequence is being implemented. When giving consequences, it is best that parent stays calm and explains clearly but firmly the reasons for the consequences occurring.

Try not to raise your voice when disciplining children. When parents yell and shout when disciplining kids, the kids learn to ignore their parents or shout back..

Children can be trained in choices as soon as they are old enough to understand and follow instructions. When a parent gives choices child learns to have more control over the life and can start to develop self-discipline. For example if your kid wants to play video games, but hasn't put away the toys, you could give the choice of putting away the toys and then playing video games, or not playing video games. By choosing to put away the toys, the kid also chooses to play video games.

Consistency is the key to effectively disciplining kids.

Whatever your decided consequence is, always follow through with it. All children in the family need to see that your discipline is fair, consistent, and impartial to all. If parents discipline with these three things in place, they earn respect from their kids.

When planning how to discipline kids, remember to think of discipline as teaching and training and not as punishment. . The bottom line is that when dealing with child behavior problems, your discipline strategy should always be approached in love and done for the best interests of the child.

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How to Get your Child to Do Chores Without a Battle

It can be very frustrating to ask your child over and over again to complete their chores without them ever getting done. If this describes your house to a tee, consider designing a chore chart. Chores might include taking out the garbage, doing the dishes, cleaning their room, yard work or putting laundry in the laundry room. Each chore has to be done just once or twice a week.

Creating a chore chart can be very effective in helping you and your children keep track of tasks accomplished and inspiring and motivating by checking off completed tasks. Rather than imposing a chore chart on your children, make the activity of creating the chart fun. At the same time as discussing chores, it is also important to discuss awards for completing all the chores in one week. Make sure your children understand that the reward is for all the tasks accomplished, and no reward will be forthcoming if the tasks are not done. In this way you are being consistent in disciplining your child's unacceptable behavior and demonstrating the behavior that you want from them.


Once you've sat down with your child and discussed and designed a chore chart, it's time to discuss the rewards for accomplishing each task listed. Perhaps at your home you decide you will give a set sum for each task accomplished. If you should decide to grant your child some sort of monetary allowance, make sure it's age appropriate and granted on a regular basis. A good rule of thumb is 50 cents per year of age. So your 8 year old child would earn $4.00 per week if each chore on the list has been completed. If it has not been, they do not receive their allowance. Should you decide to use non-monetary incentives as chores payment, be sure you set clear parameters for your child. Be sure they understand that two hours each weekend of their favorite video game or going to see a movie with mom or dad is only earned by completing the chore list successfully each week. You might want to consider writing these on a slip of paper as 'currency' for the child to keep in their 'privilege bank' and they can cash it in with you when they'd like.
Regardless of the method you choose, keep in mind this can be a valuable tool for both you and your child.

Welcome to Discipline for Kids

I am a parent and teacher, and I meet parents who struggle bringing up their children to be willing to cooperate and be well behaved.
For example what happens at bedtime when their child is asked or told to go to bed.
This simple instruction causes so much time and energy getting the child to go. Resistance can be in the form of whining, excuses, refusal, defiance right the way up to World War 3

Many parents have no idea how to deal with this except to resort to yelling, nagging, threats or bribery.

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