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Family Rituals Series
- Dusting Off the Family Table
- Win Bedtime Battles with Routines and Rituals
- Protecting Play Time in Your Catholic Home
- Make Discipline Easy with Routines & Rituals (this show)
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Next up in our routines and rituals series: DISCIPLINE! No matter your approach to discipline, consistent structure makes your approach easier and more effective. Most parents know this intuitively but we all need a reminder on occasion!
In this show
- What is the purpose of discipline? For me, discipline is less about punishment and more about leading my child toward maturity. I see discipline as an act of mercy in which parents enter into the chaos of a child’s immaturity, bringing order to the chaos.
- How do rituals and routines help us in disciplining our children?
- Routines and rituals reduce the unknown for a child, so he knows what he should be doing and when.
- Routines and rituals reduce frustration in our child, so we will avoid common triggers for tantrums and pushback.
- Routines and rituals allow our child to rehearse mature behavior long before he reaches maturity.
Resources
Discipleship Parenting: Planting the Seeds of Faith. My new book discusses the importance of routines and rituals for a child’s well-being. See especially the chapters on balance and discipline.
Your Sense of Coherence on Psych Central. A basic discussion of the personality trait I mentioned on the show. People with a “sense of coherence” seem to overcome difficulties, challenges, and setbacks more easily, and they even find meaning in them.