Disciplining A Child
Relationships between children and parents are unique and intense. Families are often the
happiest when parents and children have the skills to relate and communicate with each other
in a positive manner, when parents feel competent in helping their children behave
appropriately, and when children can express their emotions and behave appropriately. But
behavioral problems among children are very common, and such problems might occur in
daily life in the home and in the school, with peers or with other adults.
My eight-year-old son’s performance at school recently started to decline. At the beginning
of the school year, he was an A student with no problems in reading and writing. After a few
months, he becomes a C student. First, I thought that he could not understand a particular
topic or exercise, but after meeting with his teacher, I found out that he did not pay enough
attention in the class. I and his father discussed the problem with our son. Also, I explained to
him why his education is important for his future. He agreed with me and promised to change
his behavior in the classroom. Despite that, the low grades continued. It was then I decided to
use operant conditioning as a type of learning in order to bring out an entirely new response,
with a non-physical punishment (the negative secondary reinforcer)such as time out and loss
of privileges (TV watching and video games playing). I prefer to avoid the use of physical
punishment with my child. Physical punishment usually happens when a parent is angry and
this does not create a positive learning experience for a child. Physical punishment models
and teaches hitting and physical aggression, often making a child want to avoid the parent and
can have a negative effect on a child’s self-esteem.
The non-physical punishment worked for a short time: however, very soon I discovered that my son started to hide his low-graded papers from me. I discussed the situation with him
and told him that he chose an incorrect way to avoid punishment. I decided to try another
kind of reinforcer, positive one, such as a reward. My son was told that if he would get an A
in the next two reading and writing tests he would go to play to his favorite place “Chuck E.
Cheese’s”. He was very excited about that and started to respond: to spend more time reading
Teenager Max, has recently moved from LA to Salem, Massachusetts. At first he has trouble adjusting to his new school. He was laughed at in class when he made a comment about not
same content over and over again. Being in the vocational school, helped him learn about his
The next time I tried this intervention, it failed. He did not respond very well to it. When I asked him about his parents, he reluctantly told me that he had a “good” relationship with him. When I asked him a follow up question in hopes to prompt him to speak
...ting, and “ciphering”. He never went to school for longer than one year total in his childhood. He read all the books he could get his hand on by borrowing. He never learned enough to qualify as an education with the exception of reading and writing. He acquired his education through self taught methods “under the pressure of necessity.” He was not an avid reader because of the limitations of books but he read as much as he could.
When he went to this school he starting writing in the school paper. He earned some great experience doing this. He continued to write this paper all threw school. When he graduated Shortridge High he advanced on to a collage named Cornell. When he was at this collage he studied biology and chemistry. In future when he was talking about his studies and his attitude towards school. He said that he was a lazy and not a good student.
The two main forms of conditioning, are classical conditioning (learning by association), and operant condition (learning from consequences).Classical conditioning, is the learning process in which one is conditioned (learns) to respond to a neutral stimulus as if it were a meaningful stimulus. In operant conditioning, learning occurs through associations made between a behavior and the consequence that follows.
that he is not a teacher, however he was not at all happy with the analogy, but
Operant conditioning is a type of learning where a person is taught that specific actions are related to specific consequences. The main goal of using this type of conditioning is to encourage the individual to change his or her behavior in some way. Specifically, the individual can be encouraged to perform a desired behavior more often through use of positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement, and he or she can also be encouraged to perform an undesired behavior less often through use of positive punishment and negative punishment. Positive reinforcement is basically a type of operant conditioning in which an addition or reward is given to the individual when he or she has displayed the desired behavior, and as a result, the behavior
Is "sparing the rod" spoiling or saving the child? Is violence, resentment, anger or fear worth the risk taken when striking him or her. Whether your for or against using physical punishment in child development, as a parent, you will someday have to face this issue. Many parents are taught this method in their childhood, and are not aware of any other way. Often originating from religion, physical or corporal punishment is seen as an important ingredient in child rearing. This tool is used to accomplish total authority by the parent and to receive total submission from the child. Physical punishment may be convenient and achieve temporary conformance, but produces negative results, and should be avoided.
than return to school(Act 1, Sc 2, L120©121), which he agrees to do. This shows
In today’s era, there are so many things that can interfere with how a parent is able to discipline their child. Discipline is a very thin line that can be surpassed without even knowing the harm that was done. There are many different ways a child can be disciplined such as by talking to them, taking away their favorite things, not allowing them free time, time outs, and sometimes even spanking. As children, everyone has experienced some type of discipline depending on the way parents decided to raise their children. Depending on what culture children were raised in can take part on the way parents decided to discipline their children. Parents have different beliefs on how their child should be disciplined. As parents, many are faced with
Guiding children’s behaviour is an essential aspect of educating or caring for young children. The two biggest challenges that children normally experiences at their young age are ability to control their own behaviour and understanding acceptable behaviour (Australian Government, 2006). This paper describes about the case study of 4 years old girl Ashley’s inappropriate behaivour problems (e.g., getting disappointment, impatient and refusing to accept the failure), difficulties in following instruction, and physical aggression (e.g., kicking and punching other children) which are common in preschool (Conway, 2009). The below information portrays about the behvioural framework, effective strategies, plans, intervention and, theories to support
This essay will discuss whether it is thought that punishment is effective and whether it is currently thought to work, additionally it will examine the best ways to change a child’s behaviour in terms of positive and negative reinforcements. The issue of child punishment has received considerable critical attention within many cultures. Punishment towards children can be argued to be a very controversial area. It is argued that many people have been brought up with distinctive beliefs about punishments toward a child. A child’s upbringing is argued by many researchers to be key to how they will go on to treat their own children in the future. This can surely be argued to be a negative effect of physical punishment. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the effects of what severe punishment may have on a child. Later convictions of violence and the evidence of damaging effects on well-being, corporal punishment has on children is overwhelming. However, it is not ingrained that corporal punishment is definitely damaging. There is also sufficient evidence to corporal punishment being an effective form of discipline, if used appropriately. It is thought that corporal punishment helps parents retain control over their children’s behaviour. This essay will consider the various forms of punishment, such as physical punishments and whether they are considered to work. This is essay will also consider effective ways of changing a child’s behaviour including the use of classical and operant conditioning and studies that support the theories and how they can be applied to real life. Classical conditioning for example uses learning through association, memory prompts the person to associate an object/ sound to a certain behaviour. ...
In summary, this student is disappointed in his physics grade as he has honestly worked to earn a higher grade in comparison to his classmates who have been cheating on assessments. His mother helps guide him in advocating for himself with the teacher and earns the opportunity to retake an assessment. His mother advises that to prove he deserves a higher grade as a result of the opportunity, he must be fully prepared and study. His perfect score proves his ability and resulted in a higher semester grade. Finally, both learned that Cedric had advanced in his development and he was prepared to enter college
Physical punishment has been a problem in hitting their children so they can have discipline or not hitting them because it is not right, so what can parents do and what can they not do? Should the parents hit them to learn discipline, or should they not hit them and figure out another way to make them learn what discipline is?