Criticism makes them curl up and die inside. Love makes them open up and blossom. We recognise the highest potential of each child and lead him to fulfil that potential. This is achieved by setting guidelines of expected behaviour and setting clear limits.
Children respond to discipline when it is meted out with love.
Their innate sense of justice enables them to recognise when correction is fair and necessary, and they accept it willingly. Humility helps us to recognise that none of us is perfect, but that together we can help one another to grow towards perfection - we are all striving to arrive. Love does not use force. Love shows by example. Love takes you by the hand and leads the way gently.