Time-outs aren’t helpful to a child’s developing brain. Science is pointing to new approaches based on understanding. What are children trying to communicate when they misbehave? What are some practical strategies to introduce consequences for their actions?
"Punishment, I always think of punishment as it's something that we do to children to stop behavior in the immediate. But discipline is actually very different. It's something that we do with our children to help them grow and develop, to learn self-regulation, and to ultimately have their own moral compass so that when we're not there in the moment to guide and shape their behavior, they have this moral compass guiding them and they're able to be self-regulated themselves. So discipline and punishment are two fundamentally very different things. They have different goals, they have different approaches, and they ultimately have very different outcomes for children. Those are really critical terms. I also want to just pull a little bit on what you said in terms of punishment and control and obedience because I think that although we can"
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Time-outs aren’t helpful to a child’s developing brain. Science is pointing to new approaches based on understanding. What are children trying to communicate when they misbehave? What are some practical strategies to introduce consequences for their actions?