Week 11
This week we learned a lot about parenting and a lot of the different approaches associated with it. Here are some of the key things that I learned that I thought would be important to remember as I one day become a parent myself:
Often when we think of discipline we think of punishment-
that does not always have to be the case.
Who owns the problem? The person who’s goal or purpose is
being frustrated.
Sometimes the parent owns the problem and sometimes the teen
owns the problem- sometime it is shared.
If the teen owns the problem- use gentle coaching, opportunities
to help them make wise decisions and learn from the natural consequences of
those decisions.
Natural
consequence- Out of your control
Use except when consequences are:
1.
Too dangerous
2.
Too far in the future to be a good teacher
3.
It affects someone else
If the parent owns the problem use:
- Polite requests
- Firm requests
- “I” messages
- Logical consequences
- Given by the parent
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