Behaviour & Discipline...
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B.F. Skinner's Behavioural Theory
Parents have long known that children respond to a system of rewards and punishments. While to say that this is a simplification of the theories of famed American...
Behavioural Disorders in Children
All children engage in bad behaviour every now and then but some children exhibit highly challenging behaviours that are consistently inappropriate for their age. Often...
Child Temper Tantrums
It can range from a crying jag to a screaming fit but a child’s temper tantrum is never nice – not for the child and not for the witnesses. Unfortunately, temper...
Chores for Children
Many parents require their children to complete household chores. Not only are these chores an effective means of teaching children discipline and responsibility but...
Common Behavioural Problems in Children
Many new parents don’t believe it but that angelic infant that they have just brought home will undoubtedly exhibit one or more common behavioural...
Discipline Outside The Home
How a parent chooses to discipline a child is a highly personal decision. In fact discipline can be very controversial and bring even the best of friends into conflict...
Disciplining Children
Disciplining children can be a parent’s worst nightmare. No one enjoys having to tell children that they are acting inappropriately but on occasion it does need to be...
Disciplining Young Children
Disciplining young children is about helping them learn, grow and better themselves. This is often forgotten in the heat of the moment, but it is this emphasis on...
Reinforcing Good Behaviour
Reinforcing good behaviour also known as positive reinforcement, works as it serves the dual purpose of eliminating bad behaviours and giving children the confidence to...
Rewarding Good Behaviour
Rewarding good behaviour can become a risky business for many parents. All sorts of questions can pop up once they consider rewarding their child’s good behaviour....
The Effects of Punishment on Children
Punishment is anything that reduces the frequency of unwanted behaviours. In theory, punishment should suppress inappropriate behaviours totally,...
'The Naughty Step' as a Discipline Technique
The Naughty Step is a discipline technique, in which parents require children who are behaving inappropriately to sit on a certain step for a...
The 'Terrible Twos'
The phrase alone can make new parents quake in their boots: the ‘terrible twos’. No doubt everyone has told you about it – how your child will go from sweet to sour...
'Time Out' as a Discipline Technique
Time Out is a discipline technique that takes children away from the activities which are causing conflict and gives them the time and space that they may need to calm...
