Archive for June, 2010
Fathers as the Disciplinarians
In families, it is usually the father who is expected to give punishments when needed. However, the parenting skills of even the savviest and the most experienced father can be challenged by the difficulty and trickiness of mastering the art of discipline. Most fathers tend to get confused on whether some situations need a father’s advice or giving disciplinary actions.
Several parenting experts emphasize the need for consistency when it comes to disciplining children. Thus, fathers must know what to expect when their kids misbehave or begin to do things just to test the limits. However, many fathers get to the point of asking their selves if they are being authoritarian enough or loving enough to be a good father after they have disciplined the child. One of the biggest mistakes fathers make when it comes to trying to discipline their children is not following through a threat. With this mistake the child learns to disregard his father’s words. In the long run, the child would not listen anymore to most of what his father says may it be an advice or a promise.
It is difficult for most fathers to be the one who always have to give punishments for misbehaviors because they feel that their children would think of them as antagonists in the family and would love them less.