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Originally Posted by B-flat
Plus 1.
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Originally Posted by Freehiker
This is what “timeouts” and participation trophies get you.
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I say baloney to that. It's how you model behavior to your kids. How you get them to respect adults and authority without using violence. What you expect of them.
Our kids got plenty of participation trophies. They knew those things were useless. They concentrated on the areas they were good at. Even at the teenage acting-out stages, they never disrespected us or authority.
Some of it is the genetic makeup of the kid--thank god for my husband and I. The rest is the balancing act of parenting without violence while still showing consequences. We were only semi good at it, but thankfully it was enough.
There are many ways to discipline a child without resorting to violence,.