Our program’s philosophy on positive child guidance is to discipline instead of punishing children for accidents or mistakes they make. With the help of our committed staff, we can provide a positive atmosphere that will allow the children to feel loved and accepted to help build their self-esteem. Our program will offer the children with choices, but there will also be reasonable, and developmentally appropriate limits. The educators will model positive behaviours that will teach the children to problem solve and build self-control in a healthy, and safe way.
Children are going to continue to make mistakes, but they will learn from them just like adults do. So why would we punish them for it? When positive guiding children we can help them see and understand consequences from the choices they make. By using punishment instead of positive discipline can cause possible side effects, such as blocking open communications, punishment represses behaviour, but doesn’t deal with the behaviour, models a negative use of power, and to have continue effect it must escalate in order to remain it’s effectiveness. Using punishment as discipline will create a negative relationship between educator/parent and child. This could lead the child to have negative thoughts about themselves creating a low self-esteem. “The quality of the verbal environment sets the stage for children’s developing perceptions of themselves and others.” (Meece & Soderman, 2010, p.81) In the article Positive
One idea, I agree with, from Chapter Three discussed how punishment hinders ethical development. Before students act out or do something bad, they think about what consequences they might face for such actions. This “suggests a disturbingly primitive level of moral development, yet it is our use of punishment that causes kids to get stuck there” (p. 29). I could not agree more with this sentence. I remember as a child thinking about doing something bad and the consequences that might result. I remember how I typically would do the “bad” thing because either I would not get caught or I could take the consequences. However, the book suggests getting children to think about the consequences of their misbehaviors is not effective and does not instill better values or awareness of others’ needs. Because of this, we as educators must
When a child is reprimanded physically it teaches the child that their behavior is not tolerably. Physical punishments can deter the child from deviant acts. The social behavior can be impacted positively or negatively. Physical punishment is a form of punishment to deter the child from committed deviant acts. Parents want their child to stay away from negative behaviors and guide them to become positive, healthy, responsible adults. Deviant acts can occur when there are no consequences for that child. Being disciplined for deviant acts will teach the child that the acts are unacceptable and in the future the child may not do so. Children will learn what social norms in society are and what are not. Therefore, when the child is not around their
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It is crucial to teaching children distinguish right from wrong when they are very young. I absolutely agree with the opinion that punishment is an efficient way to achieve this goal. However, adults should take suitable measures to do that, not just punish for punishment.
Research also discusses that the adverse effect of positive punishment on mental health and psychosocial functioning in children has been repeatedly suggested by studies in industrialised countries. (Repetti
Over the years we have always attempted to take corrective measures with those found to have done wrong. This includes counseling, which starts at a very young age. To think about how we might correct a child who does wrong is not much different than what we might do with an adult, depending on the circumstances. To punish a child by making them stay in their room and trying to explain right and wrong, can be seen as an adult being confined and required to take anger management classes.
A positive youth development program is designed to help young adults overcome their challenges and live up to their full potential. Youth development is emphasized through different activities which helps the youth emotionally, physically, and socially. Youth development programs are basically used to help them regain confidence, and how to bounce back to a normal life. My program name is Helping Hands, which will be based on abused youth in African American public schools. The motto for my program is “Not all hands are helpful, but our hands are guaranteed life changers.” When organizing a program knowing the population, how it works, and its essentials are mandatory for a successful youth development program.
I looked for articles in an online parenting-advice magazine called Aha! Parenting. The article I chose is called 10 Steps To Guide Children Without Punishment and was written by Laura Markham (2015). The child development aspect concerned by this article is child discipline. The main idea of the article is that parents should not punish their children, and that instead, parents should stay calm and kind when children misbehave. According to the author, this is because punishments are ineffective at changing behavior, and in fact create even more misbehavior. I will critically evaluate the advice in this article using the class teachings and relevant literature.
I looked for articles in an online parenting-advice magazine called Aha! Parenting. The article I chose is called 10 Steps To Guide Children Without Punishment and was written by Laura Markham (2015). The child development aspect looks closely at child discipline. The main idea of the article is that parents should not punish their children, and instead parents should stay calm and kind when children misbehave. According to the author, this is because punishments are limited at changing behavior, and in fact create even more misbehavior. I will critically look at the advice in this article using the class teachings and relevant literature.
Punishment is mostly necessary because not all of the actions that could potentially produce negative results actually produce such in a natural, cause-and-effect environment. For example, a child will not always get a cut when handling broken glass, and thus will not learn to exercise caution when using objects made from glass. In a similar example, a child will not always hit somebody when throwing a rock, and if he likes it - and no negative reinforcement is there to teach him otherwise - he is likely to do it in the future again. The presence of a parent is essential for the acquisition of life's truths because the parent can provide the negative reinforcement that leads to this truth but is "naturally" unavailable.
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support is a method intended to construct securer and extra operational learning institutes. This methods tactic is centered on constructing the capability of schools to demonstrate and fund optimistic conduct in every learner by creating inquiry-based school-wide and classroom-detailed correction methods. Positive Behavior Intervention and Support is not a set plan but, instead, offers methods for learning institutions to model, apply, and assess efficient school-wide, and learner detailed correctional procedures. Positive Behavior Intervention and Support contains school-wide techniques and practices proposed for: (a) every learner, staff, and institutional surroundings; (b) non-classroom surroundings inside the learning institution setting; (c) separate classrooms and educators; and (d) separate reinforcement for the learners who show the greatest demanding actions (Sugai & Homer, 1999; Sugai, Sprague, Homer, Walker, 2000).
As children grow they are not able to make the best decisions on their own so most of their actions are acted upon what surrounds them and what they are taught. When you’re raising children it is your commitment to assist and guide them, not belittle and abuse them. Children shouldn’t be punished because many parents can be selfish or obtain cold hearted characteristics. For instance, Parents are fully responsible for their child’s life and causing harm or mental damage to a child’s life they should be held responsible and punished for their mistreatment. Later down in life as years past their relationship with their parents causes a form of distance. Their communication and
The Positive Action program is designed for grades K-12 and focuses on building skills that support effective social and conduct behaviors with emphasis on personal character and mental health, and works to develop the ability to be able to set and achieve goals. The curriculum follows 140 lessons that are divided in to six teaching units. These six units include lessons
It doesn’t teach them self-control or ways to change their behavior other than not getting caught misbehaving. One of the ways kids learn is by watching and mimicking the world around them, especially their parents. They are quick to learn when words and actions don’t coincide, for example, when a parent spanks a child because the child hits someone else. Being a parent is not an easy job and it takes time and patience to discipline children.
As a young child, a punishment may have included taking away a desired toy or a treat that we wanted to obtain, such as going to the movies or getting McDonalds for dinner. It is easy to look back and reflect on past experiences of punishment that shaped us into who we are today. However, punishment is not simply a negative consequence of being a child; it can happen to people of all ages. For example, a punishment can be directed at adults who don’t dress properly or arrive late to work. Punishment can be effective for all age groups because human beings are an imperfect species. It is never too late to improve one’s behavior. Overall, the main purpose of punishment is to stop wrongdoings among all ages from happening repeatedly.