My prior understanding of discipline was uneducated and inaccurate. I was certain that discipline was related to punishment and the goal was to have a particular unwanted behavior to cease. A child that required discipline would be singled out, scolded, forced to perform a chore or action, such as sit for a time out, or the child would have something taken away, such as television or toys. As a child, I grew up in a household with parents who were primarily authoritative. They tended to be fair; however they did use punishment through "grounding", which generally meant that we were not able to engage in fun for set period of time. Other times, we were instructed to perform some sort of labor of their choice, such as washing my Dad's …show more content…
"Guidance teaching is character education in its truest, least political sense --guiding children to develop the empathy, self-esteem, and self-control needed for autonomy." (Gartrell, 2004, p. 22) As a guidance professional, I will have the ability to inform parents about the positive effects of guidance and the negative effects of punishment. If they are perceptive to this and through the use of guidance, our students will discover how to manage themselves, their interactions with their fellow students and with all within the world in a positive manner. 2. "A guidance or discipline encounter is an interaction between an adult and child and often includes helping the child alter her behavior in some way" (Marion, 2012, p. 115). Negative discipline strategies tend to focus, as one would assume, strictly on negative behavior. Punishment is often utilized as an attempt to make the child behave in desired manner. A controversial form of negative discipline that it still used in schools is time-outs. During a time-out a child is removed from the group and is isolated for a set period of time. While in a time-out, the goal of the teacher is to have the child think about their negative behavior and to have the child feel remorseful about their previous actions. According to Dan
Well, many parents find that time-outs and physical punishments are becoming more and more ineffective when disciplining children; this leaves parents questioning their authoritative abilities. In a recent study conducted by Dr. Shari Barkins in the article, “Positive Reinforcement is More Effective than Punishment”, “1 in 3 [parents] said they could not effectively discipline their kids” (Pope). This shows that many parents are experiencing difficulties and challenges when using punishing methods when disciplining
How does one suitably discipline their children? Should parents discipline their children at a young age? When is it considered too much or too stridulous? Is it legal? A numerous amount of parents have stumbled upon these questions, but can’t seem to find a concrete answer or are having a difficult time trying to discipline their children. Countless parents don’t even bother disciplining and some try, but don’t succeed. As a parent, one can verbally discipline them, or physically discipline them. Both are legal, but disciplining them too harshly or too softy can affect the outcome of how disciplined the child becomes.
Guidance is an interactive process between teacher and child with a strong emphasis on problem solving (Browne & Gordon, 2013. p.52). For instance, when we give children responsibilities, model appropriate behaviors, and allow them to work out solutions we are helping children become responsible for their own actions.
Discipline is “the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.” A question that comes to mine is; who gets define the amount of “punishment?” And who gets to decide the rules and code of behavior? Is it the parents or guardians, or is it the governmental agencies?
Some of these children don’t understand the meaning of discipline. They want to think that they can do whatever they want, but the grounding and discipline is supposed too be to teach a lesson or for them to learn from their mistakes. But at the same time the parent has to have the discipline all the time or the kid wouldn’t think it is for real. Most kids don’t think that the parents are being the best they thought they were the coolest parents instead of the parent that keep their promise thru the how conversation or the grounding or
Guiding young children is an awesome responsibility that requires patience, understanding, flexibility, knowledge of child development and appropriate practices, intentional decision-making, but most of all guiding young children requires kindness and love. Guidance involves discipline, not punishment. To begin our discussion on guidance let’s first look at the difference between discipline and punishment. “Discipline is used to teach and guide. Punishment is used for the purposes of controlling and retribution.” (Godfrey, 2013) Guiding children does not mean taking punitive action when they fail to meet an expectation. Instead, guiding means to help children learn how to function suitably in a variety of social contexts. The goal is not to break a child’s spirit, causing them to fear harsh punishment or judgement. The goal is to teach them how to regulate their emotions and actions, to develop control, so they can make safe, responsible decisions.
We have all experienced some form of discipline before. For some, it involved confiscating their favorite toy or phone. For others, discipline represented harsh words and bruises. However, physical harm is not discipline at all, but rather it represents abuse. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, discipline is described as, “the punishment of someone as a way of making sure that rules or orders are obeyed.” Many people hear the word “punishment”, and immediately picture some form of physical contact. However, nowhere in the list of synonyms of discipline does it mention hitting, whipping, beating, or any other form of abuse. I propose that the definition of discipline be changed to the act of enforcing a rule or order without physical contact. With this improved definition, there
We have all experienced some form of discipline before. For some, it involved confiscating their favorite toy or phone. For others, discipline represented harsh words and bruises. However, physical harm is not discipline at all, but rather it represents abuse. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, discipline is described as, “the punishment of someone as a way of making sure that rules or orders are obeyed.” Many people hear the word “punishment”, and immediately picture some form of physical contact. However, nowhere in the list of synonyms of discipline does it mention hitting, whipping, beating, or any other form of abuse. I propose that the definition of discipline be changed to the act of enforcing a rule or order without physical contact. With this improved definition, there should be
The professional guidance means the teachers have long term goals in their mind when they guide children. I have to think of the children’s future when I guide them. If I want to fix a child uncooperative behavior, I should not give the child time-out. The time-out is one of the nonprofessional responses because it looks easy and quick way to fix the problem, but the child doesn’t learn anything from the time-out. I learned other nonprofessional responses, such as empty threats, distraction, bribery, exhortation, removal,preaching,sympathy and guilt. All of the teacher’s manipulative techniques are towards short term goals, so I should not use them. It is easy to say I know it but, I really try to apply in my daily life. When I interact with
the ages of 0 and 5. Children between the ages of 4 and 5 will then start school in the reception class. The environments that education can be provided in include the following:
Many people, ages forty or older, grew up in a household where parents disciplined. The two types of discipline was in the form of spanking or Time out. Spanking or Timeout tend to be a structured way of letting a child know that he/she has done something wrong. Many parents used these forms of punishment as a deterrent hoping the child would not make the same mistake twice but instead succeed. The question of what is the best way to discipline depends on what a parent experienced as a child. Different disciplinary can have a huge impact on how successful a child is in the future.
What goes through your head when someone asks,”How did you discipline your children?” Parents will either lead in one of three ways: strict discipline, mild discipline, or no discipline at all. No matter how a parent disciplines their children, there will be complications in a home, but when parents can no longer be “parents” due to others trying to step in and control their style of parenting, that is where a problem comes up. There are people who think that spanking a child is wrong and harmful to the child, and will harm the child psychologically as well. There are people who believe that the only way to influence good behavior is to be their friend; a parent has to be a friend and a mentor in order to create a positive outcome. This
Guidance means “showing the way, leading or directing.” (Marion 2015, p. 125) in which case, I would be able to show a child a different way to react to negative situations. A child learns from what they see, in which case children can learn to get angry over a little
Analysis of a Child This assignment describes and analyses my involvement with a 13-year-old client Joe Smith, who was temporarily supported under section 25 (voluntary) of the Children's (Scotland) Act 1995 to be Looked After and Accommodated by the Local Authority. The process of intervention will be discussed from pre-engagement, assessment and gathering of information to client interaction and networking with other agencies. Using reflection, I will critically analyse how I planned and responded to the needs and risks in regard to Joe, and assess my role and the impact of my intervention.
Legally, discipline is defined in Oxford Dictionary as, “The practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.” Whereas abuse is defined as, “To treat with cruelty or violence, repeatedly or in such a way as to cause damage or harm.” Abuse can very easily be met when spanking, verbal warnings can even time outs get out of hand. When disciplining children it is best to do so when the parent and the child are calm. When the child has just done something completely infuriating it is best to put them in their room or crib by them self so both you and your child can calm down. When handling a situation right when it happens can cause things that the parent might regret after words. Even just placing the child in time out can get out of hand. If the child is repeatedly getting up is best to either keep your composure or put the child in their room or crib. The parents do not want to get to the point out of their control where they will begin slamming the child into time out again and again just because they are frustrated of their child’s actions. There is a very fine line between discipline and abuse if the parents ever feel like a situation is getting out of their control it is best to separate themselves from the situation to calm down and return later when both the parent and the child are more level headed. As said by Jeff Schneider “If any kids start whining or