Discipline Makes Champions - How to Teach Your Kids Self-Discipline

Discipline is perhaps the most important teaching a parent can pass onto their children. The end goal of disciplining a child is to give kids the ability to self-discipline. It is to teach them to control their behaviour, thoughts and emotions.

As a parent, it is your responsibility to make your kid understand the consequences of their actions, make behavioural decisions and inculcate lasting positive personality traits.

Here’s why discipline is important for your child

• Discipline weeds out distractions. It is important that your children learn conflict management and decision making that align with personal goals.

• Discipline, in long run, helps shape a rather stress free life

• Disciplined individuals are better at effective time management. It is easier for them to prioritize and achieve their goals with higher rates of fulfilment.

• Students with higher levels of discipline are able to focus better on long term goals and are likely to make better choices regarding academic engagement.

Here are a few ways you can teach your child discipline

• Establish family rules and share responsibilities, like watering the plants or feeding the pets.

• Discuss limits and consequences for their actions and reactions with your children.

• Establish a timetable with their consent and encourage them to follow it.

• Tell them what behaviour is expected of them. Discourage bad or immoral behaviour and encourage and praise good behaviour.

• Be firm but fair when your children don’t follow rules or misbehave.

It is necessary that your approach to discipline is modeled according to your child’s development temperament. To know more about parenting techniques, speak to one of our doctors about the Jiva AyurBaby program today, dial 0129-4040404 or click on ‘Speak to a Doctor’.