Walking With Your Emotions

  How and why to discipline children without hitting them?   Suppose your neighbour comes and complains, “Your child with some other children has damaged my son’s bicycle and their behaviour is completely unacceptable.” How will you respond to the situation? There are chances you may either protect your child, may refuse to believe that your child could have done such a thing, may say that the other children instigated him to do such a thing, or may be annoyed with your child or may lose your temper and hit the child. Protecting your child for wrong reasons can have negative consequences for both you and your child. If you try to shield them for every potential risk or difficulty, you may inadvertently prevent them from learning important life skills and developing resilience. If you hit the child, he will normalise hitting and start believing that he has the right to hit someone if they do not obey him or do something wrong. You all must have seen children throwing tantrums a...