Ways to Help Kids Love Discipline

As a parent or a teacher we are required to spend a majority portion of the day with kids. Raising kids is no child’s play as it means one has to deal with their surplus energy, their curiosity, their innocuous mistakes, their feelings, and, occasionally, their tantrums.

When you have to deal with some children’s misbehavior, mischief, or tantrums, you wonder what to do so that you can make them understand and convince them not to repeat their mistakes. However, dealing with that is a double-edged sword. If you come across as too lax or casual, you’ll not be taken seriously. If you deal with them strictly or violently, you may frighten them, hurt them, or worse make them more rebellious than they already are.

You’ll also need to be careful that whatever the offence may be, you are not allowed to use harsh words, languages, or actions. It will make the matter only worse. By nature, children are not good or bad. They are neutral and they only respond to the stimulus their environments provide.

Furthermore, children are observant and they learn by watching so it is important for you to set the right example and be the person you want them to admire and emulate.

If you are dealing, or ever have to deal, with kids who are mischievous and are notorious for their tendencies to create trouble, you must remember to teach them to love discipline.

Some ways to help kids love discipline are listed below.

1. Praise their good behaviors publicly and reprimand them for their poor behaviors in private.

When you find your students doing great work, praise them immediately, in public, and tell them to keep up the good work. Further, motivation such as a pat on the back, a congratulatory note, sharing the accomplishments with other teachers will motivate them to maintain the conduct and performance. These will reinforce their behavior and work and encourage them to persevere. However, if you find some of them showing undesirable behaviors, for some reason, bring up the issue in front of them and reprimand them in private.

2. Recommend positive behaviors

No one likes to be patronized and the same applies to children. In spite of their age, you should treat children with respect and as young adults and categorically tell them what you do expect from them and what they must do. Don’t tell your children what they mustn’t do. If you tell children not to do something, they’ll do that first out of curiosity, rebelliousness, or seeking attention.

3. Treat them with respect and help them understand

If you want your students should treat everyone with respect, you must treat them with respect first. By this, they’ll know what respect feels like and they would be delighted to treat everyone obsequiously. You’ll need to work closely with them and help them to understand life skills in order to get desired behaviors from them.

4. Inspire them by glorifying positive behaviors of others

Inspiration works best for children as their mind is impressionable and they tend to pay attention to inspiring stories. You can induce them to foster positive behaviors and good attitude by glorifying positive behaviors of others and telling stories of some outstanding students or persons who showed impeccable behaviors in their personal and professional lives.

5. Lead by example and set up high standards

Last but not the least, you must practice what you preach and must lead by example. If you don’t stand by what you say, you’ll give wrong message to children.