We’re finally here. Part 12 of 12 in our “Discipline By Design Series.” We’ve covered learning styles and personalities, various ages, specific developmental problems, and the more difficult discipline issues that can arise. For this last issue, I want to discuss how the climate of your home or classroom plays a major role in either increasing [...]

In parts 1-5 we discussed how to use the design and unique personality of each child to best reach him or her. Parts 6-10 discussed discipline issues that must be addressed at each different stage of development. Our final two parts discuss where the two worlds of the parent and the teacher come together: parent-teacher [...]

Last week we discussed some positive ways to discipline junior high and high school adolescents and students that attempted to understand their stage of development and show them dignity, respect, and trust with responsibility as a means of preventing major disciplinary disruptions from occurring in the first place. But what do we do when we [...]

As we  concluded last week, by the time students get to the middle school, junior high, and senior high years, issues not dealt with in elementary school have grown larger. This is a good time to remember the virtues of creating an environment conducive to good discipline while the child is as young as possible. [...]

Last week we addressed how fear and a need for attention and love often drive an elementary-aged child to act out. To help this child, we need to treat them with respect, respond rather than react, and defuse the situation by remembering not to take it personally but instead be empathetic in our interactions with [...]

Last week we discussed some ways we can cultivate the climate for preschool-aged children. Today our focus will be on helping difficult elementary students find peace and balance at home and in school. At the core of any disruptive or difficult child are deep hurts and a hunger for love and attention. Much of their [...]

Now that you’ve done your prep work in parts 1-5 and created your own system of discipline, we can shift our focus from theory to practice and see what discipline looks like in the classroom and home. Beginning with preschool-aged children and moving all the way through high school, over the next five weeks we [...]

It’s time to design your own customized discipline plan. While this might sound intimidating, it doesn’t have to be. But it does require planning beforehand. As we discussed in Part Two of the series, discipline procedures need to be in place from day one – whether in the home or in the classroom. How you put that [...]

Last week we discussed some negative forms of discipline that we want to avoid. This week we will focus on positive ways to discipline by utilizing a child’s personality through the concept of multiple-intelligences. Both the classroom and the home are mini-societies in which we need order and an environment that fosters respect for each other’s differences [...]

So far, we’ve discussed the value that understanding personalities can play in discipline as well as the importance of implementing clear procedures from day one (LINK), whether you are a parent, a teacher, or both. But still those old habits creep back up. You encounter a student that you have to try your hardest to enjoy, or [...]