Why is positive discipline important?
• Children need understandable guidelines for their behavior. This gives them skills to develop self control for their behavior; a critical skill they will need through life. • Consistency is important. Children learn what is appropriate. • Discipline given in equitable manner, encourages children to be fair. • Children learn to respect property, assume personal responsibility and responsibility for others. • What kind of discipline is prohibited in child care? • Corporal punishment, including beating, hitting, spanking, shaking, pinching, excessive exercise, exposure to extreme temperatures, and other measures producing physical pain. • Withdrawal or the threat of withdrawal of food, or forcing of food, rest, or bathroom opportunities. • Abusive or foul language or verbal abuse, threats, or unkind remarks about the child or child’s family. • Any form of public or private embarrassment or shaming, including threats of physical punishment. • Any form of emotional abuse, including reject
