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- What is Discipline? ';
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- Discipline is more than many people think it is!';
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- MANY PEOPLE THINK DISCIPLINE IS ONLY PUNISHMENT ';
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- When we discipline a child, often we are doing ';
- something that lets the child know we are ';
- displeased with something that happened and do ';
- not want it to happen again. ';
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- What is Discipline? ';
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- DISCIPLINE IS MORE THAN PUNISHMENT! ';
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- Discipline has a positive side as well. ';
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- When a child is presented with a difficult task ';
- or confronted with a real temptation, but sticks';
- to the task or fails to give in to the tempta- ';
- tion, we say the child has discipline. ';
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- What is Discipline? ';
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- DISCIPLINE IMPLIES THAT BEHAVIOR IS ';
- UNDER CONTROL ';
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- When we Discipline a child, we are attempting to';
- bring the child's behavior under control, either';
- under @2 control or yours. When the child's ';
- behavior is under control, the child can be ';
- described as well disciplined. ';
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- What is Discipline? ';
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- When looking at discipline in this way, we are ';
- faced with having to define when behavior is ';
- under control and when it is not. ';
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- In general, we do that by defining the limits ';
- of what is acceptable and what is not under the ';
- circumstances. If the child keeps @2 behavior ';
- within these limits, everything is okay. ';
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- What is Discipline? ';
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- To give the child a fair chance to learn what is';
- acceptable under the circumstances and to have ';
- an opportunity to keep behavior within these ';
- limits we must: ';
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- Make clear what is acceptable. Help @1 under- ';
- stand the context. Make sure that it is possi- ';
- ble to do. And, give @1 a reason to do it. ';
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- What is Discipline? ';
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- We make clear to a child that some things ';
- are acceptable and some things are not by: ';
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- TELLING THEM WHAT WE WANT OR EXPECT ';
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- SHOWING THEM THROUGH OUR EXAMPLE ';
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- Of the two, the force of example is the greater.';
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- What is Discipline? ';
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- We help a child to understand circumstances by: ';
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- Explaining what is happening and the difference ';
- it makes in terms of what needs to be done. ';
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- By using what actually happened to the child as ';
- an example to help @1 figure out what made ';
- things go right or wrong. ';
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- What is Discipline? ';
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- We make sure that it is possible for a child to ';
- keep @2 behavior within the limits by: ';
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- * Telling @1 what @3 is capable of. ';
- * Avoiding placing @1 in a situation that ';
- is more than can be handled. ';
- * Helping @1 to draw on @1 strengths and ';
- to avoid any personal weakness. ';
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- What is Discipline? ';
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- We provide a child with a reason to keep @2 ';
- behavior within the limits by: ';
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- Providing @1 with good things (rewards) if ';
- @2 behavior stays within the limits and by ';
- providing unpleasant consequences when the ';
- child's behavior goes outside of the limits ';
- of what is acceptable. ';
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- What is Discipline? ';
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- Discipline is the ability to keep behavior under';
- control. If behavior is under the control of ';
- external forces, it is maintained by the rewards';
- or punishments a child receives from others. ';
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- If the behavior is under the control of internal';
- forces, the child is self-disciplined and guided';
- by an inner sense of what is acceptable. ';
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