“Our children, instead of catching our chaos, our cranky, our crazy… they will catch our calm,” Dr Coulson says.
Focus on the Family say that compassion goes a long way when it comes to handling online incidents and tricky topics with our kids.
Here are some tips to make things go smoother, learned over many years of extensive shopping, with multiple children, in public places!
Studies suggest pretty clearly that there is a right way to parent – authoritatively with a big emphasis on autonomy support rather than control.
Many parents hold the belief that if we don’t discipline our children, they’ll grow up to be out of control, but spanking is not discipline.
Children are more likely to learn from their errors and poor decisions when they feel safe from anger and punishment, even when they get things wrong.
When it comes to motivating behaviour, it is undeniable that fear is a strong motivator. But why does it work? And what does it actually do?
It’s somehow strange that we should have to exercise discipline and self-control to do the things that make us feel most alive but sadly it’s true.
Depending on which research you read, about 70-80% of Aussie parents admit to smacking their kids. Some do so quite proudly. Are those who champion smacking onto something or is it doing more harm than good?
Most people, regardless of their baseline level of self-control, can be taught to exercise greater control.
