During this period of study you will be asked to consider authority and influence in your relationship with your children and how your own childhood might influence your discipline style. The course emphasizes discipline as making informed decisions rather than finding the one right way. At every step you will be encouraged to make your own choices about discipline. Lightbulbs are associated with links to a personal reflection you can read to apply course information on a more personal level. There will be a return link on that page to bring you back to where you left off.
Responsive discipline emphasizes teaching.
Such experiences have a significant effect on how parents view discipline and use influence and power to guide their children. Although discipline is often associated with punishment, training, and obedience, the term originated in the Latin words disciplina and discipulus meaning instruction and student. So to discipline means to educate, especially in matters of conduct. Everything we do to help our children learn is discipline. This basic concept of the parent as a teacher is central to effective childrearing.