Introduction
The time has arrived, your first child has been born and you and your spouse/partner need to discuss discipline options. You want to learn what your options are, the advatanges & disadvantages of them, and then pick which one will be best for you & for your child. To accomplish this task, you will be working as a co-parent or a single parent. Let's become educated on child discipline!
Task
Your task will be to:
Explore parental discipline techniques
Choose the technique(s) you find most effective
Explain why you have decide on these technique(s)
Present what you have decided in either a slide show presentation or traditional poster format
Process
Step 1: Defining Discipline
Before you can choose a discipline method, you must understand what discipline really is. Browse the sites below to come up with a thorough yet individual defintion of discipline.
http://www.education.com/reference/article/positive-guidance-discipline…
Step 2: Discipline Exploration
This step involves the actual exploration and explanation of 5 discipline options. Upon completion of this stage the infomration gained will be substantial and will be the basis for your final decision and rationale. For each discipline option, outline and explain at least 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage.
Five Discipline Options:
1. Redirecting a child's actions & behaviors
http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/strategies-redirecting-child-behavio…
2. Positive reinforcement for behavior
http://www.parentingscience.com/effects-of-praise.html
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/family-affair/200809/rewards-are-b…
3. Logical consequences
http://discipline.about.com/od/decreasenegativebehaviors/a/Logical-Cons…
4. Time out
http://www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/discipline/time-out/succes…
5. Spanking
http://www.babycenter.com/0_spanking-grounding-and-yelling-does-old-fas…
http://time.com/3387226/spanking-can-be-an-appropriate-form-of-child-di…
Feel free to find other articles that can help you to define these forms of discipline also!
Step 3: Application
In this step you will apply information from step 2. For each of the discipline options listed above, create a situation in which each could be used. Explain the situation & explain how you, as a parent, would handle the situation using redirection, positive reinforcement, logical consequences, time out, or spanking. There should be 5 unique (not copied from any sites) situations and each situation should be solved using one of the five discipline options.
Step 4: Analysis
The final step of this project will be to evaluate your options and make a decision on which technique or techniques you feel would be the most effective as a parent. Be sure to include your reasoning so we can understand your though process. You will share this analysis in either a poster or power point format with the class.
Evaluation
The final evaluation will be in the form of a rubric, attached to your research information paper.
Conclusion
This activity was designed to give you an idea of the importance of disciplining your child, as well as explosing you to a variety of options. As a parent, it is your job to guide your children and teach them what behavior would be expected of them in the real world. How you choose to do that will affect them in the present and future. Parenting is a life long job - beign educated and continually learning how to improve your skills is no different than any other job and no less important.
Credits
Brandy Bingman - Family & Consumer Sciences Instructor at United High School