Topic: punishment

Rethinking Punishment: What to Do When Consequences Don’t Work

Dr. Tali Shenfield | August 5, 2020

Modern parenting methods typically revolve around a rigid system of enforcing accountability: If a child behaves well, he (or she) is rewarded. If a child behaves badly, he is punished. In theory, this approach is logical enough; we expect our children to learn that their actions have consequences. Furthermore, we expect this knowledge to help them form a natural aversion ...

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Effective Discipline Methods for Proactive Parenting

Dr. Tali Shenfield | January 15, 2015

So here you are. Your child has done something wrong or hasn’t done something they should have done. In some way your child has not behaved as you want them to. For many parents this signals a need for discipline. And for most of parents this more often than not means negative discipline. It means taking something away such ...

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How to Choose Discipline Methods that Help Your Child Grow

Dr. Tali Shenfield | January 4, 2014

Parenting is one of the most demanding jobs one will ever have. A parent’s desire to do the right thing for their child often surpasses all other wants. Some use the traditional methods that their parents used on them as children, while others do the opposite of their parents and come up with their own parenting approach, or they ...

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