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How Can I Discipline Positively?
HOW TO 
Tags: Raising a Child, Disciplining Children
American Humane encourages parents and other caregivers to use techniques that constitute a positive and appropriate discipline of children, such as:
| | Discipline with love |
| | Listen and communicate |
| | Focus on the behavior, not the child |
| | Respond immediately |
| | Relate the discipline to the offending behavior in duration and severity |
| | Be realistic |
| | Remain calm |
| | Be fair |
| | Do not harm or injure |
| | Set boundaries |
| | Make it a learning opportunity |
| | Be consistent |
| | Be creative |
| | Develop rules and expectations in advance |
| | Use timeouts |
| | Reward or praise desirable behaviors |
| | Model desired behavior |
| | Encourage the child’s cooperation and understanding |
| | Develop behavioral contracts and incentive charts |
Lister:
Angie
Source:
American Humane
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