Children`s behaviour

CAT17

"Spare the rod spoil the child" was the old way to discipline children, but today there are much better ways, depending on their age ofcourse. A lot of children have other people in their lives from a very young age now a days (day care) and have to be able to cope with "rules" and expectations from not just their parents but by the people whom they are with for up to 10 hours a day. I think some parents over compensate and indulge their children beause there is a certain amount of guilt attached to leaving their children in day care, though we cannot judge them for it Many woman have no choice but to return to work and day care is their only option so they can. Quality time spent with your children has a very possitive effect on their behaviour as that is when they learn what is acceptable or not in their behaviuour. You cannot expect a child to learn this if no one shows them how. Children actually function very well when they are given limitations and boundaries. I am a retired early childhood teacher and I know that often the child that had "bad" behaviour when they first came to school, blossumed under the ""rules and boundaries" that are needed at school. When a child is part of a group and wants to be accepted by that group they will change their behaviour and in fact accept and even like the rules. My 3 little grandsons are not perfect (well to me they are) but I am very proud of the way my daughters (and their husbands) are raising them. Hopefully the effort they are putting in now while the boys are young will hold them in good stead as they get older. As parents we need to keep our "fingers on the pulse" and intervene when and where necessary to ensure our children are accepted by society and are responsible part of it. Parents must take responsibility for their child's behaviuour and should try to be a good example to them.