Disciplining your child/children

[mrbizzard]

What is good discipline your children/child?

[Tresbn00]

I think that good discipline involves giving a child: love, encouragement, direction, your undivided attention, stories that help them decide right from wrong, treating them like a human rather than a subordinate, patience and a little freedom to experiment so that they can nurture independence. Given all of those things, at least in our family, has allowed us to avoid any kind of discipline in the conventional definition of the word.  My kids are doing great in school, sports and in social situations. They look people in the eye when they are speaking.  The lines of communication do not seem to have ever broken down.

[Dynamite2013]

When my children were young I scolded them when they did wrong and praised them when they did good. I never spanked them but I bought water pistols and when they got out of hand I would squint them with water then we would end up have a water pistol fight. I always found that to be the best answer. Today I am proud of them because they have become great men.

[jenniferhoder]

I don't believe that all children can be disciplined the same. My kids are very different. I think key is disciplining them when they do something wrong. Break bad behaviors before they become a pattern!!!

[djohnson43]

For us it is mostly restriction with certain key items taken away(radio, TV, favorite toy(Especially with the youngest) and phone for the oldest).My husband and I try very hard not to hit them but sometimes I do have to resort to getting a hand full of hair to get their attention.