Discipline - Navo

• Children do not always do what parents want. When a child misbehaves, the parent must decide how to respond. All children need rules and expectations to help them learn appropriate behavior.
• Once rules have been established, parents should explain to the child that broken rules carry consequences. For example, a parent could say, "Here are the rules. When you follow the rules, this will happen and if you break a rule, this is what will happen." Parents and the child should decide together what the rewards and consequences will be. Parents should always try to acknowledge and offer positive reinforcement and support when their child follows the rules.
• For many parents, the word discipline refers to punishment intended to decrease child misbehavior. In truth, the word is derived from disciplinare,referring to a system of teaching or instruction (Howard 1996). Although few would dispute the value of teaching children, the topic of parental discipline has long been controversial, even among experts. In the leading parenting book of the 1930s, Psychological Care of Infant and Child (1928), John B. 
• Discipline — it’s a word that once had a pretty good reputation. Parents instinctively knew that discipline was something kids needed. It was good for them. It taught them the basics of living: character, morals, responsibility, respect. 
• But in the last generation or two, discipline has received a spanking. Some experts proclaim that really savvy parents shouldn’t have to discipline much. They can talk and reason children into cooperating instead. The media bombard parents with all the latest theories on psychological correctness. And the culture relentlessly echoes the attitude that words such as “authority,” “limits” and “control” are old-fashioned concepts we need to throw off.