In today’s news a mother has been found guilty of child abuse by doing things that some people believe are acceptable ways of punishing children. I certainly do not beleive that, and neither did the jury.
It’s time to eliminate the risk of child abuse. Just because your parents did this to you and you do it to your children and everyone you know does this to their children, it does not mean that you cannot be arrested, as this mother was, and be found guilty of child abuse, as this mother was.
Instead of trying to figure out which punishments are okay and which are not…eliminate punishment completely, eliminate the screams of your children and replace them with the joy of laughter and children being happy and respectful. You can do this by using the Power of Respect.
Using the Power of Respect can get you what you want: cooperative, helpful children who listen when you speak, without the pain of punishment.
The tools, skills and strategies of the Power of Respect are so simple that three year old children learn them easily. Most people know most of them already, they are just not in the habit of using them with children in the way taught by the Power of Respect.
One of the most important is to be respectful to children. This cannot be stressed enough. Being respectful is not unknown to most people. However, being respectful to children is not is not the most common use of respect.
Learn how to use the Power of Respect and reap so many more benefits from your children than punishment will ever give you, if it gives you any…
