If parents show approval of a child's behaviour, this encourages a child to be good. So it is important for parents to look out for good behaviour and to show their pleasure and approval. This is a much better way of teaching a child to behave than constant criticism, shouting, and punishment. Parents should show their delight when a child learns a new skill, however small. If the child receives no encouragement, or too much criticism, the desire to learn and develop new skills is reduced.
Physical punishment is bad for children.
It makes children more likely to grow up being unreasonable and violent towards others. It can also make children frightened, and this can destroy the child's natural desire to please and to learn from his or her parents and teachers. The foundations of learning well in school can be built by the parents in the earliest years of a child's life. In the earliest years of life, parents can help build the foundations for successful learning in school. From birth, a child who feels loved, secure, and approved of, is more likely to have the desire and the confidence to learn rapidly.