‘Behavior’ Archives
Teachers Are Entitled To Voice Their Opinions Too
No sooner do I get done applauding a parent for creatively addressing her son's failing grades and general lack of concern for getting an education; I read about a teacher who called out students on her personal blog and was suspended for it. The reasoning against doing both of those things is the sake of a child's self-esteem according to the [...]
Spanking: Effective Discipline
Smack in the middle of the "why are kids violent" issue is spanking. The groups against spanking want you to believe that spanking teaches violence. I happen to disagree and you can see why here at We Don't Teach Kids Violence. Do away with the theories and just look at the facts and you will see that babies are inherently violent and display [...]
We Don’t Teach Kids Violence
I wrote an article not long past that spanking doesn't create violence and showed that the results are pretty much consistent with that conclusion. People disagree and that is their right to disagree. They present arguments that spanking does create violence and the reason we are seeing an increase in violence has nothing to do with not [...]
They Made Me Yell At Them
Yesterday was the kind of day that made me feel like I have completely and totally failed at being a parent. I know people will say kids are kids and not to stress it but I am stressing it. Yesterday, I don't know who was in my house and in my kitchen but it wasn't my children. It is like aliens took over their bodies, minds and souls. To [...]
Response To Spanking
I wrote the post Spanking Doesn't Teach Violence - The Proof Is In and the response has been overwhelming. I should say the private response. I have gotten tons of emails agreeing with my general point on the issue. I have also gotten tons that disagree. Fact is there are many people who agree with spanking as they have seen the results of [...]
Spanking Doesn’t Teach Violence – The Proof Is In
The proof is in the pudding. Look at the youth of today and then come back and tell me the kids are less violent today than there were 20 years ago. You can't do it. Kids are more violent today. Kids are now labeled oppositional and defiant instead of just calling them violent. It isn't the kids fault they have a disorder, boo hoo, cry [...]
Parents in the News – Recently
I have been following the news on three parents recently. It will come as no surprise who the three parents are: A mom from St. Clair Shores, Michigan who drove her teenage son to a 7-11 convenience store to beat up a younger kid. She not only drove him there, but once there she cheered him on and encouraged the beating. The other [...]
5 Simple Ways to Get Decent Behavior
There are many ways to make a child behave in the moment but as a parent we should strive for decent behavior the majority of the time rather than great behavior in the moment. These 5 tips will help get your child on a pretty decent routine of having decent behavior for the majority of the time. If you are consistent in applying these tips, [...]
Why Parents Need to Take Back Control of Their Children
I will probably offend a lot of parents with this so I am warning you ahead of time. On the NBC Today show there was an interview with a 13 year old girl, Kayla Mason, about the charges she is facing and being tried as an accomplice in the beating of another child, her best friend, Josie Ratley. The original story came out March 24 and "the [...]
Bring Back Community Parenting
I have been thinking a lot about the mother in the store the other day and her response when people tried to speak to her about it. She isn't alone. There are a good majority of parents, if you commented on how maybe their child was just being bad and needed to be dealt with that would tear your head off. This mind your own business because [...]