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What kind of punishment are most effective for children?
Natural Consequences: Natural consequences are the best form of positive punishment because they teach your children about life. Natural consequences do not require any action from the parent. Instead, these are consequences that occur naturally as the result of bad behavior.
Why you should not ground your child?
But long-term grounding is not effective in teaching your child the lesson you want him to learn. James Lehman, the creator of The Total Transformation® child behavior program, says that grounding just teaches kids how to “do time” and doesn’t show them how to change their behavior.
Is grounding positive or negative punishment?
Losing access to a toy, being grounded, and losing reward tokens are all examples of negative punishment. In each case, something good is being taken away as a result of the individual’s undesirable behavior.
What is it like to be an Indian parent?
Indian Parents are almost like some “mechanical robots” with data programmed inside their brains by the outside society or their own parents.
Is it better to punish or praise your child?
Don’t underestimate the positive effect that your praise can have — discipline is not just about punishment, but also about recognizing good behavior. For example, saying “I’m proud of you for sharing your toys at playgroup” is usually more effective than punishing a child who didn’t share.
Why is punishment bad for kids?
Kids get preoccupied with the unfairness of the punishment, instead of feeling remorse for what they did wrong and making a plan for change. Punishment ends up eroding your relationship with your child, which ultimately lessens your influence and makes them less likely to want to follow your lead.
Should you ground your kids for bad behavior?
Huge punishments may take away your power as a parent. If you ground your son or daughter for a month, your child may not feel motivated to change behaviors because everything has already been taken away. It may help to set some goals that kids can meet to earn back privileges that were taken away for misbehavior.