I have always disciplined my children when it has been needed. I was disciplined a lot when I was a child. Even now, I am disciplined when I do something wrong. I believe I have learned a lot from my mistakes, and I believe my children will to. You have to teach your children right from wrong. Maybe spanking them is not the correct way to do it, but let me tell you, I have had a lot of spankings in my lifetime. My husband always yells at his kids and say, "it better not happen again". Well, it does happen again. They know that is all that dad is going to do. Since he is working 24 hours every third day, he is not home enough to follow through with much discipline. As me being the bad stepmom, they don't listen to what I say either. I try to tell my husband, that I am not trying to be mean, but they have to have discipline and respect. It is our responsibility to teach them. I found an article that has some tips on discipling your child at: http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/discipline.html#
This article has tips on discipline at different ages. It also advises that spanking your children should be avoided. I have tried some of these tips already, but I am going to try the ones that I haven't yet. I hope my husband will be willing to try along with me.
I, too agree that discipline is very important. I think that constructive discipline gets a little tricky! While I don't personally have children, when and if I do, I don't think I will use corporal punishment. Let me know which one's seem to work better!
ReplyDeleteCorporal punishment is the only thing that works with my son. Believe me, I've tried everything else.
ReplyDeleteHopefully, my daughter won't be as stubborn and willful.