Positive Discipline Essay

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POSITIVE DISCIPLINE What it is and how to do it Joan E. Durrant, Ph.D. Save the Children fights for children’s rights. We deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives worldwide. Save the Children works for: • A world which respects and values each child • A world which listens to children and learns • A world where all children have hope and opportunity Title: Positive Discipline:What it is and how to do it ISBN: 978-974-7522-68-6 © Save the Children Sweden Southeast Asia and the Pacific, 2007 Project Manager: Dominique Pierre Plateau Author: Joan E. Durrant, Ph. D. Design and Production: Keen Media (Thailand) Co. Ltd., 22nd Floor Ocean Tower II, 75/40 Sukhumvit 19 Bangkok 10110,Thailand Copies of this publication can be obtained from: Save the Children Sweden Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific 14th floor, Maneeya Center, South Building 518/5 Ploenchit Road, Bangkok 10330,Thailand Tel: +662 684 1046/7 Fax: +662 684 1048 Email: scs@seap.savethechildren.se Website: http://seap.savethechildren.se PREFACE This Manual is a response to the 2006 World Report on Violence against Children, a global study of violence against children carried out by the United Nations. The study found that maltreatment occurs in children’s homes in every country of the world – and that it is often based in long-held cultural practices, as well as a lack of awareness of children’s human rights. The World Report on Violence against Children makes recommendations for reducing violence against children in their homes. These recommendations emphasize the importance of: • Changing cultural practices that contribute to violence against children, including the elimination of corporal punishment. Promoting non-violent communication and relationships with children. Building parents’ skills in non-violent discipline, problem-solving and conflict
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