Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Discipline and Punishment-What is the difference?
Discipline and Punishment-What's the Difference?
What Is Discipline? Discipline can be defined as: Helping a child learn to get along with his family and friends. Teaching a child to behave in an agreeable way. Allowing a child the freedom to learn from his mistakes and experience the consequences of his decisions. Effective discipline is helping, teaching, and learning. Discipline Is Not Punishment.
Some think discipline and punishment are the same thing. Some think discipline is getting a child to behave and teaching him to be obedient. Some think it is what you do when children are naughty or misbehave. Whereas punishment focuses on the child, discipline targets the act. When we punish a child we are in effect saying to him, "You are loved (or not loved) because of the things you do." Punishment teaches the child to be "good" as long as we are looking - but as soon as we turn our heads, watch out!
Discipline separates the child's "goodness" from how well he does on a task. Our message now says, "You are OK even when your behavior is NOT OK." We love the child but reject the behavior. The purpose of discipline is to raise responsible, confident children who grow up to be persons who think for themselves, who care about others, and who live satisfying and useful lives.
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Shar Spencer
Child Educator and Retailer of Kids Clothing
Age and Stage make a difference!
Age And Stage Make A Difference
MANY times WE ARE often annoyed by a child's behavior when he OR SHE is only acting his or her age. Some behavior that is hard to live with is typical of most children. For example, young children have a great deal of energy and need to be active. If WE realize how hard it is for a young child to sit still and be quiet, we SHOULD arrange for the child to use up his energy in a way that doesn't irritate him or her.
Our number one concern, whether we are two or ninety-two, is to have personal control over our lives. Young children want to be independent and to do things for themselves, so that much of their so called "bad" behavior is a sign that they are growing. After all, WE wouldn't want the child to remain a baby who is completely dependent on PARENTS AND PROVIDERS.
Preschool children have a hard time telling the difference between fact and "pretend." If children in this stage say, "I saw a bear," they may not know the difference between what they "saw" in their imagination and what they actually saw. Parents would not call the child a liar; instead, they would say, "You did?" and encourage his imagination. By school-age the child should be able to tell the difference between reality and fantasy.
Children are curious. They just naturally want to learn about things around them. They may take things apart just to see what will happen.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Wooky's Boutique Has Come
COME SHOP AT WOOKY'S
Wooky's Boutique has arrived to supply you as a parent or guardian with quality, affordable and brand name clothing for your infant, preschooler or school age child.Our clothing are carefully hand selected and examined to ensure that our buyers will be completely satisfied with our line of clothing. We hope you will find everything that you need.
Wooky's Boutique is focused on providing high-quality service and customer satisfaction! We will do everything we can to meet your expectations! With a variety of kids clothing to choose from, we're sure you'll be satisfied with our professional services. Our goal is to coordinate great, fashionable, quality and durable clothing for your child or children. We desire to select clothing for infants, preschoolers and school age children.
Because Wooky's Boutique is here to support the clothing needs of children we also offer a variety of toys and gift items, along with plush stuffed animals for your child or children. You can shop for birthday gifts, and items that you may be in need of. Our goal is to offer a unique and exciting boutique! In these days that we are living in every school age child should have access to a computer for advanced learning adventures. Yes, we also offer desktop computers for you or your school age child at affordable prices.
We are here to satisfy our customers with professional support and quality clothing for your child or children. It is our desire that you will be happy with all that we have to offer. Wooky also has a store on Ebay and we are proud to announce that we have been selling children's clothing since 2004. We strive hard to please our customers and have earned 100% feedback on Ebay!Wooky's Boutique is committed to providing the same exceptional products and service that our customers have come to expect. We value your patronage and encourage you to contact us with any questions or comments. We love feedback!
You can reach us via email at: customerservice49@ymail.com
or Wookysboutique@AOL.Com.
Sincerely,
Shar
WOOKY'S BOUTIQUE USA
Get Involved at your Child's School
GET INVOLVED AT YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL
Don’t just Give them to the teacher-It takes Parent/Teacher Involvement for a Child to achieve all that he or she can while enrolled at school.
Whether your child is just starting kindergarten, entering the final year of high school, or is somewhere in between, there are many good reasons and opportunities for you to volunteer at school. It's a great way to show your child that you take an interest in his or her education, and it sends a positive message that you consider school a worthwhile cause. When you get involved at school your child’s teacher will know that YOU care about Your child’s academic learning opportunity. Stay Connected with Your’s Child Learning – It’s Your Responsibility.
Teaching Children How to Give of Themselves
Teach Kids to Give of Themselves
Volunteerism, especially around the holidays, offers an ideal opportunity for families to have fun and feel closer to each other at the same time. Community service helps to drive home the message that giving is much more than laying down cash for the hot gift of the season or scrambling around to buy mounds of presents. Volunteerism can show kids that giving your time, effort, and kindness is more rewarding than just expecting to receive lots of presents.Also, if volunteering begins at an early age, it can become part of your kids' lives — something they just want to do. It can teach them: that one person can make a difference. A wonderful, empowering message for kids is that they are important enough to have an impact on someone or something else.
By giving up a toy to a less fortunate child, a child learns that sometimes it's good to sacrifice. Cutting back on recreation time to help others reinforces that there are important things other than ourselves and our immediate needs. Working in community service can bring kids and teens in touch with people of different backgrounds, abilities, ethnicity's, ages, and education and income levels. They'll likely find that even the most diverse individuals can be united by common values. By helping others who aren't as fortunate, kids can better see all the remarkable things to be grateful for in their own lives. Community service can teach kids that giving comes in many forms, not just as presents. Emphasize that giving of their time, effort, and caring can mean so much more and last longer than any gift that money can offer.
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