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From: torcsl@utzoo.UUCP (Jason P. Venner)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: children and discipline 
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 02:09:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 11 02:09:14 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 02:09:14 EST
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I think that the most important task that a parent faces it to 
ensure that the children are not insecure.  It is my feeling that
many of the problems with people/children behaving at the lowest
common denominator is just a striving to gain acceptance [because
they are not secure within themselves].  I think that this often leeds
to the impulse to 'better' the others at some act so as to gain more
'respect'.

I think that a cause [perhaps major] is that the method of applying
disciplin is to isolate the children when 'bad',  and allow them to be present
when good or to only pay attention to them [via punishment] when bad (ignoring
them when 'good').

What would seem to be a more reasonable approach would be to [for young
infants] keep them with you until they wanted to be put down.


This needs much more thought,  and I am hoping that many usful points
will come up if it is discussed.
-- 
			Jason P. Venner @ U of Toronto Zoology
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