EduNews Magazine Summer '15/'16 | Page 8

An easy pothole to step into with regards to discipline is to be reactive instead of proactive. Reactive parents always seem to be caught off guard whenever there is a discipline issue, because they failed to think and plan for this (or something similar). Reactive parents mostly fail to establish their authority, and turn to aggression in an attempt to regain control of a situation. The funny thing about authority is that the more aggression you have (yelling and screaming, becoming angry and shaking your child) the less authority you will have. While the more healthy authority you have (sound and consistent rules with clear consequences for misbehavior) the less a