Disciplining your child is one of the hardest parts of being a parent. Of course you want to correct negative behaviors in the most productive way possible, but sometimes the words “military school” can sound pretty tempting. How can you be sure the way you discipline your child will produce a happy and healthy adult?
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It depends on what you want. If all you are interested in is the short-term results of stopping the “misbehavior” right now and don’t care about what your children are thinking, feeling, and deciding about themselves and about how to behave in the future, use punishment. Punishment usually stops the misbehavior for the moment but often has undesirable long-term effects.
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