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DISCIPLINE vs STRESS- LESS CHILDHOOD part III

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The ending part of the trilogy! You will find here all the answers for all the previous questions, and my subjective opinion, based only on what I read preparing this post and what I believe. Enjoy HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THE EFFECTS WILL BE? There are as many options as there are opinions. As previously mentioned, styles of parenting can be divided into three groups, each with a different outcome and effect. While, doing the research for this project, I found an interesting article by Simon Sinek discussing Millennials – those born in the year 2000. Based on interviews which he conducted, it became apparent that there were significant changes in behaviour between children who were born at the millennium and children who were born a decade earlier.  It is worth comparing these differences in behaviour between children who were born at different times.. The Millenial children had ‘helicopter parents’ and were treated as fragile, kept in a protective bubble, leading as far as p

DISCIPLINE versus STRESS - LESS CHILDHOOD part II

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BALANCED PARENTING    Dr Thomas Gordon says: ‘When parents once learn how to listen to children with empathy and understanding and resolve their conflicts peacefully, they stop using physical punishments’. Listening to children is so important. There is no doubt that children ask questions more often than we expect, and that they have their own opinions. It is important to pay attention to how, and in what way, they are expressing themselves. Parents who really listen to their children are better able to assess the emotional needs of their child. Excessive laughing or weeping, for example, may be the first indication that a child needs help. These kinds of behaviour should also be an important sign for parents and should lead to them asking more detailed questions to resolve any issue. It has been proved that trust is the most important value, in the relationship between parent and child. Guided by this precept, Dr Thomas Gordon also says that in order to achieve succes