BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN AS IT RELATES TO DISCIPLINE.
Discipline as it relates to misbehavior in school has been a retorical question for a long time. Many questions have been raised, but very few answered. Does the lack of discipline have an effect on children in schools? Which/What type of discipline is more effective as it relates to African American/Caucasian children? Does "harsh" discipline mean the lack of love for a child? These questions, as well as others, have researchers and others trying to figure out whether to discipline children or not. Everyone would like to know all there is to know about the behavior of a child and/or how to make the child react in a school setting as well as at home. Researchers believe that everything that has to do with a child's behavior starts at home. Does this mean that peer pressure no longer exists? Since the beginning of time children have been misbehaving both at home and in the school setting. Does this mean that every child has a behavioral problem? In his paper the author will discuss the following: Types of discipline (home/school), Which methods of discipline are more effective, Parenting leadership, and Steps to better classroom discipline.
The views on discipline are controversial; some believe in sparing the rod some do not. Others believe that time outs and punishments are more effective. A study found that while tough discipline such as spanking can lead to behavioral problems in causasion children it is likely to lead to good behavior in African American children. This may be because Afro-American children link tough discipline with parental attention, whereas caucasian see it as hostility. "Parents are being led to believe, however, that whatever discipline problems they have with their children can be solved if they use better disciplinary techniques more consistently." (Rosemond, 1997.).
Thus, Parenting as it relates to leadership of a child is not so controversial.