As a parent, I feel like it is your job to prepare your kids for the real
world and becoming a valued member of society. In order to teach kids, parents
must discipline their children in some way when they misbehave. Not being a
parent yet, I feel like it is hard for me to judge the ways in which parents
choose to parent their children. However, in my personal opinion, parents
should discipline and help their children learn from their mistakes in
productive and not overly authoritarian ways.
Many see discipline as needing to be an aggressive
punishment like a spanking or being yelled at. While this may work on some
kids, I feel this often does more harm than good. Taking AP Psychology has
really changed my views on how parents should parent and what parenting styles
are best. Drawing partially from personal experience and also from what I have
learned in psychology this year, I think the better approach to discipline is
one that is less aggressive and better allows the child to learn from their
mistakes.
For instance, I think that explaining and demonstrating to
your child what exactly they did wrong is a better method of discipline. In
addition to this, parents should provide a punishment, or consequence, of some
sort, especially if the action the child is being disciplined for is one that
they repeatedly do. This can be done through revoking a privilege like a phone
or video games.
Essentially, while I would not say that there is one right
way to discipline kids, I do think some approaches work better than others.
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Amazing post Trevor! You made some incredibly great points! I totally agree, parents shouldn't be overly aggressive towards their children, it definitely does more harm then good and impacts their future tremendously :(. Great job addressing the main point of what not to do and which methods parents should not use and when immediately demonstrating what the actual approach should be. Such an insightful piece! ♡
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