Important Things to Remember
DISCIPLINE helps a child learn a lesson that will carry over and positively affect future behavior.
ABUSE affects the future in a negative way, leading to anger, hatred and more deviant behavior.
DISCIPLINE enhances the child’s sense of self worth, helping the child learn self‐control and thus becoming
comfortable within the family and in society.
ABUSE robs the child of self‐worth and causes him/her to feel outcast and resentful.
DISCIPLINE does not instill feelings of shame or guilt in a child.
ABUSE is instilling feelings of shame or guilt in a child, which satisfies the needs of the parents at the moment and destroys the self image of the child in a hostile manner.
DISCIPLINE is taught by example.
ABUSE is also taught by example.
CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. |
