It seems that most parents go to too much to one side or the other, with regards to discipline for their young children. Some people are extremely, quite strict, even though numerous are very lax, and impose hardly any rules. Naturally, most people are within the middle somewhere.
Considering that teenage delinquency is at such high rates, as well as drug and alcohol usage, there is definitely some …show more content…
issues here that need to be addressed. Hopefully you are not experiencing these issues, but even if you are not, it is always possible that what is going on with your children, might be the beginnings of them going down these roads.
Now, most folks are not like myself.
They don't have lots of time to devote to attempting to help many individuals, and to let you know the truth, that's not what I was looking to do in the beginning. I was having troubles with my youngsters, following my divorce, and somebody recommended to me that I'd be a lot more efficient if I'd cease yelling at, and intimidating my youngsters. Seems, the old proverb, you are able to catch far more bees with honey, is surely accurate.
Needless to say, issues did not get far better in one night. They didn't even seem to become far better in a couple of months. Really they had, I just hadn't realized it simply because I saw my kids all the time, so I couldn't detect a lot of difference. Soon enough I realized that I did not have to ask them over and over, to try and do the things that I asked them to try and do. We also didn't get into screaming fights every five minutes anymore.
So what actually happened. Well, I was lucky because it took me a lot of perseverance. Basically, I used positive child discipline. I took the time to explain to them why I needed them to do certain things. More importantly, I took the time to listen to them, and to love them. I treated them as people, not things that should be seen and not
heard.
As I said, I was lucky, and that is because I have extraordinary children. I was lucky because I was just following some instincts about positive parenting that just seemed to be right. I had no clue that it would work out. I was also lucky because I also took positive action before things got too out of control.
One more circumstance that was in my favor was that I acquired a job that only required that I work 30 hours every week, and, I used to be home a lot during the day. So I was in a position to invest a great deal of time with my youngsters. Most folks are not able to accomplish this.