UPDATED: The Parents Yap About Discipline: Punish, Praise, or Both?
There are so many ways to discipline - and not discipline - your kids. What works in your home? The parents yap about what they do, what their kids lose, and what we stand to gain when discipline is doled out.
Paul Simpson I don’t punish my kids often, and it’s not because they are infallible angels. I’m just not an effective disciplinarian. I grew up in a yelling household and I’m carrying on the family tradition. I don’t find it rewarding but it does let me release frustration and tension. Sometimes yelling even makes my kids stop doing whatever it is that’s causing me to get angry. Sometimes. The punishment front is taking shape on my middle-schooler. Four simple words: “Give me your phone.” The phrase sends him into convulsions. You’d think I asked him to hand over a vital organ. Luckily, he’s not too mischievous and is your basic good kid. The problem I have with punishing my younger son is finding his Achilles’ heel. The kid is …
