Punishments

"Punish him so he learns" is useless to educate: how to raise respectfully and without punishment

"Punish him so he learns"; "a timely punishment saves you trouble later"; "As long as you don't punish him, he'll go to hell"... With these and other similar phrases, adults justify the need to punish children when we consider that they have done something wrong, because otherwise we believe that they will not learn or not we will be educating them correctly.

Punishment and blackmail are not resources to educate, and as parents we can do better

Children are not born with an off button to be able to turn them off when adults "bother us". Nor are they born with learned social norms, and until we teach them, they do not understand the importance of self-regulating their behavior and managing their emotions.

Do you reward your children for the grades they have taken? We tell you why it is not a good idea

In a few days our children will be officially on vacation. Gone are the early mornings and the afternoons of homework and study, which have been especially intense in recent weeks due to the closing of the course.

Rewards and punishments when educating: how they affect the child's development and learning and what alternatives exist

Although, fortunately, more and more parents and educators are aware of the negative effect of rewards and punishments on children's development and learning, there are still many people who continue to resort to these methods, either due to the lack of other respectful resources or because they ignore their consequences.

"Be good because the Magi are watching you": the nine reasons why we should not say this to children

Christmas is approaching and threatening phrases begin to children about the importance of "behaving well" so that the Three Wise Men or Santa Claus bring them all the toys.

The worst your child behaves, the more he needs you: do not ignore or punish him

There is a phrase that I have always liked and that as a result of becoming a mother made a 'click' inside me. It is the one that says: "love me when I least deserve it, because it will be when I need it most."

Seven powerful reasons why you should never hit a child

Little by little, society is waking up to physical punishment towards children if we compare it with previous generations. But unfortunately, it is still a fairly well-established practice that is not entirely frowned upon depending on what cases, and that causes damage and entails both physical and psychological consequences in the little ones.

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