Self-Help Skills Development Uses cup and spoon. Social-Emotional Development Asserts feelings with negative behavior such as tantrums, kicking, holding breath, running away. Cognitive Development Responds by pointing, touching, or looking when asked to indicate a familiar object such as shoes, own toy, clothing. When children misbehave we need to stop them, let them know what they have done wrong, and tell them why it is wrong. Most important, we need to teach them the right thing to do.
Punishment Has Many Disadvantages.
Punishment usually does stop the unwanted behavior for a while, but it tends to have other effects that can cause problems. Punishment may cause children to fight back with aggressive or more naughty behavior. Most important, punishment usually does not help children know what they should do, only what they should not do. It does not guide or teach. It does not build a sense of personal responsibility.