5 Smart and Healthy Ways of Disciplining Your Kids

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Every parent struggles with bringing up their newborn kid in terms of feeding, sleeping, and a plethora of other critical factors. From the ground zero up, you’ll have to be upbeat about the methods you are using to bring up that kid. The last thing you want is to have to deal with not only health issues but indiscipline issues as they grow up.

Today, not so many parenting advisors will advocate for shouting at kids, yelling, or being seen hitting them– and the reasons why are almost obvious. It could do more harm than good as far as your kid’s mental, emotional, and sometimes physical health or your own are concerned.

But as much as the old adage, “spare the rod and spoil the child” might be true, ‘the rod’ doesn’t necessarily have to mean caning your child if and whenever they err. Disciplining your kids this way could amount to poor parenting.

Below are some smart and healthy ways to bring up a disciplined kid/s.

5 Healthy and Smart Approaches for Disciplining Your Kids

Have a One-On-One Time

If you are looking to build a stronger relationship with your kids, you need to have a “me-and-you time” with them. But living in a busy society where work can rob massive chunks of your personal time, family time, or even time with your newborn, it can indeed be tough to stay abreast of your kid’s welfare. The good thing is that time is always created.

By creating more time to spend with your kids, you can learn their challenges better. They’ll feel closer to you, enough to open up on issues that could be affecting their behavior or conduct. This makes it easier to know how to address disciplinary issues in your kids.

Have Clear Expectations and Boundaries

The last thing a parent wants is to be displeased with their kid’s muddles. From the start, ensure that your kids can pick up after themselves. If you know what your child is capable of, it's important from a very young age, to enforce some level of responsibility calmly and collectively. This will ensure that they grow up to be responsible adults.

Setting up clear boundaries could also go a long way toward ensuring that you’ll not be tested for being too lenient or accommodating when your kids mess up.

You want to ensure that your children are armed with important if not critical life skills. Additionally, this could help establish and ground your kids with basic life skills that could help shape their lives.

Show Them How to Behave

Nothing beats leading by example when it comes to raising kids. By doing so, you essentially become their role model in a way, rather than just the mother or father figure. You need to show your kids how to behave whether in private or in public.

As opposed to yelling at them when they err, consider showing them how things are done and teaching them proper etiquette in different scenarios.

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Participate

Absentee parents have a lot on their plates in terms of catching up with important child activities, behaviors, and milestones. Taking the time to participate in your child’s day-to-day activities could in so many ways help shape their personality. This is not to mention that it takes a present parent to become aware of their child’s misgivings.

Take Time for Yourself

It's very easy to forget the milestones you’ve accomplished over the months or years in bringing up your kids. While there will be so much to do, ensure that there are some hours left up for you to enjoy. After all, the kid will need you for many years, at least until they’re old enough to fend for themselves.

This doesn’t mean neglecting your parental duties but in the real sense, getting back to yourself and enjoying the God-given moments. Hey, consider a walk in the park, reading a book, enjoying a good movie, or going fishing. These are just some of the many activities that could help you rejuvenate and find your Zen.

In a nutshell, parenting is never a walk in the park… at least not always. There are so many nuances involved and challenges to navigate, disciplining your kids included. The above few tips can help you make sure you do it effectively and healthily, helping to shape the life of that young one who sometimes gets on your nerves.

Of course, there are teachers, coaches, neighbors, and family members to help you out. But one thing to note is that discipline is majorly a parent’s responsibility.