child management/positive discipline

A positive approach to managing children is highly recommended. To use such an approach, it is essential to reinforce or praise desirable behaviors and to ignore, where possible, undesirable behaviors.

If a situation occurs where there is deliberately destruction of property, or more importantly, where child safety is at stake (for example when one child is hurting another), "I will remove the offender from the situation for a short TIME OUT." At the same time, it is important to let the child know verbally that such behavior is unacceptable. More importantly, when the child has calmed down, "I will show him an alternate appropriate behavior."

The positive approach to child management laso helps to protect the child's self-image by focusing on the behaviors rather than the person or personality of the child.