Many approaches to setting limits can work, as long as they are intended to help and teach children rather than to punish them. Never hit or shake a child. Brain research has shown that these forms of discipline can have long-term negative effects. The only things a child learns from physical discipline are fear, humiliation, and rage. Recognize that each child is unique.
Children grow at different rates.
Their ideas and feelings about themselves reflect, in large measure, parents and caregivers attitudes toward them. When children receive concrete praise, they begin to see the connections between their actions and your response. Parents and caregivers who are sensitive to their particular child s cues and clues will have children with positive self-esteem. Choose quality child care and stay involved. To make a good child care choice, visit and observe how providers respond and interact with the babies and children in their care.