Disciplining children

Canada
February 8, 2007 3:33pm CST
I have seen so many kids now adays that are not disciplined whatsoever and they end up not knowing what the rules are and what is right or wrong. Whether you discipline your children by time outs or taking away privilages, there should be some form of consequences. If we do not give our children boundaries, how are they supposed to know what limits are and how not to cope with the world that we live in today. There are so many reasons to discipline your children. The main reason is because you love them, and the boundaries you set down for them are not to be broken because it is usually for their own good and safety. If you tell your child not to jump on the couch they should do as told, because you are saying that so they do not hurt themselves. If the child does not do as told then there should be consequences. In this case, the child needs to get off the furniture. I am not sure what you all think about this. But the children that we are raising today, will soon be ruling the world. Soon we will be all old, and our children will be the ones that will be making choices for us. I am not sure about you, but if someone is making choices for me, I want the to be able to tell the difference between right and wrong. Let me know your comments and if you have any idea's how to make sure that our kids are safe and what consequences should occur. Thanks
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8 Feb 07
I think it is very important to keep your children under control. They need to be able to live by the rules of society and therefore giving them rules at home will help them to do that.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
8 Feb 07
I absolutely agree with you. Children have parents for a reason, and that's to teach them what is acceptable and what is not. When parents don't do that, they're failing at their jobs. It seems to be common any more for parents to not know how to parent and I personally blame it on Dr. Spock's original no-spank teaching. Not that children have to be spanked, but people became afraid to discipline because they were afraid to hurt their children's egos... and it went from there to not knowing how to discipline. Too many parents are afraid of their children or of parenting them.