Guidelines Guidelines On Discipline - 1015 Words

Essay 3: Appropriate Discipline Kids are tough resulting in the need for parents to be tougher but are the methods used for discipline appropriate for all ages? From toddlers to young adults methods of discipline need to change in order to teach obedience and respect. In a child’s life they go through five stages which include; Toddler, preschooler, grade-schooler, teen, and young adult. As a parent, one should be able to grow and become better people along with their children. If parents are able to adjust their disciplinary methods along with their children’s age, then the subject of discipline will be simpler and easier for both parents and kids allowing it to stay completely legal. â€Å"Judge Glenn Derryberry of Allen†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Patrick, a child phycologist, also said discipline does not always need to be administered immediately after the misconduct by a child. It is completely fine to send a child to his or her room while deciding on wh at disciplinary action to use.† (Sowinski). When considering methods of discipline parents are typically not sure of what is effective and what is not. When presented with this information parents would wonder, what is going too far? Well, when grounding a child for a long period of time may be too much. in addition to not help change the inappropriate behavior which was the desired result expected from the discipline. Patrick, a child Phycologist, said at some point the kid is like, I m grounded for weeks, I ll do whatever I want, (Sowinski). Instead it is recommended to â€Å"Use logical consequences. Some behaviors have no immediate consequences. In these cases, determine consequences that are logically related to the misbehavior. For example, tell your child that if he does not pick up his toys before bed, then he will not be allowed to play with them for one whole day† (Disciplining kids changes with age). Simple discipline methods will result in the outcome par ents want while staying completely legal and effective. When does disciplining your child go from effective to completely illegal? Take for instance the Baltimore case with Toya Graham. â€Å"She was trying to stop her 16-year-old son