Category Archives: Discipline
Teach Your Child Discipline – What to Say
If you are looking forward to reading this, I’m guessing you’d like to teach your child discipline. He, on the other hand, probably doesn’t care much for discipline. He would rather choose ‘freedom’. What freedom? The freedom to do as … Continue reading
Teach Your Child Discipline – When to Begin
Discipline (verb) : to train by instruction and exercise; : to bring to a state of order and obedience by training and control When I was at university, I met a piece of advice I liked so much that I implemented … Continue reading
When Your Child Tells You She’s Done Something ‘Wrong’
What if your daughter greets you one evening saying she broke your favorite crystal vase by mistake? You want to scold her for her carelessness, tell her how precious the vase was to you, how expensive / rare it was, … Continue reading
How to Threaten Your Child
I’ve been told that I’m shameless – terribly so, sometimes. Maybe you’ll agree when you’ve read to the end of this anecdote: I was in high school. We’d been given a week to write a paper towards our History evaluation. … Continue reading
Raising Children: Teaching Responsibility
The dictionary defines responsibility as (among other things): the state or fact of being responsible; reliability or dependability. Responsible, according to the dictionary, means: answerable or accountable; having a capacity for moral decisions and therefore accountable; capable of rational thought or action. Here’s … Continue reading
The Trouble with Raising Disciplined Children
I was 8 years old when we moved to a big city. As my sister and I went down to the park in the evening and began to make friends, we got to know a 6-year-old boy. After a few … Continue reading
Why Your Child ‘Listens’ to You Sometimes
The complete title of this post is: Why Your Child Listens to You Sometimes and How to Ensure This Happens More Often. 🙂 I must clarify that the word ‘listen’ in the title has been used according to your definition … Continue reading
Know Your NO-s
Alright, let’s be the loving, logical, practical adults we want everyone to believe we are. You want the best for your child, and you want your child to be the best – in at least one area of achievement. You’d … Continue reading
Teaching Your Child the Meaning of NO
I was in high school, having a conversation with my English teacher on parents hitting their children. She had two kids, the younger of whom was 2 years old. “I would never, ever hit my kids,” I said, sure of … Continue reading
Are You Killing Your Child with Carrots?
Many children in the world are brought up without praise. This is sad, to say the least, and has terrible consequences for their self-esteem, behavior, and the quality of their lives as children. And as adults. Obviously, it also affects … Continue reading