"The Global Initiative has launched a new interactive map, showing progress towards universal prohibition of all corporal punishment.
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Positive discipline helps a child develop a conscience guided by his own internal discipline and compassion for others. Discipline that is empathetic, loving, and respectful strengthens the connection between parent and child. Rather than reacting to behavior, discover the needs leading to the behavior. Communicate and craft solutions together while keeping everyone's dignity intact.
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"Beating, yelling and neglect can all be passed from one generation to the next — but parents are often keen to break the cycle of abuse if they can get the right help, researchers said Monday. |
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After three months of work, the newly remodeled website of the Action Team to End Hitting Children (an outgrowth of the US Alliance) is ready for use. |
Today, as we celebrate SpankOut Day April 30th -- an annual observance founded by the Center for Effective Discipline (now part of the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center) to bring attention to the need to stop physical punishment Read more |
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Not 15 minutes into the eight-hour class, certified parenting instructor Linda Hatfield, who runs a Southern California program called Parenting from the Heart, explained that decades of neuroscience and social research have shown that timeouts an Read more |
To begin, I should probably be totally transparent. I have heard of people parenting without punishments. I always rolled my eyes. I don’t think I even tried to hide my disgust. I’m honest like that. It’s one of my more enduring character traits. Read more |
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A review of the available research finds that physical punishment is significantly linked to bad outcomes for kids. |
"The more children are spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and to experience increased anti-social behavior, aggression, mental health problems and cognitive difficulties, according to a new meta-analysis of 50 years of researc Read more |
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Trust, mutual respect and collaboration are the foundation of a strong relationship, whether the relationship is between spouses, friends, or parent and child. |
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