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Pastimes : Precious Memories!Kids make me smile! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: calgal who wrote (825)	9/9/2001 6:01:34 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1309

Can't really help you -- P is out for the day. But I can tell you that she opposes her school's "caught you being good" campaign, where they give prizes to kids behaving properly. Her view is that by the time kids are in school you should expect good behavior as the norm, not treat it as something special to be rewarded. After all, you don't reward a kid for breathing normally, you only go to his rescue when he stops breathing normally. But she does have a favorite book on discipline, "Discipline without stress, punishment, or rewards" by Marshall. Basically, as I understand it, the are two main points. One principle he has is that kids are no more born knowing how to behave properly than they are knowing the periodic table. Both have to be taught. While we're teaching the periodic table, we don't go ballistic and punish the kid if he gets something wrong; we point out the error and help him learn that it IS an error. We should do the same with behavior. But just as some children never get lie and lay right, some will never get ceretain behaviors right. Oh well I haven't read the book, but will when grandchildren start coming along. But if you're working on young child behaviors now, check it out.