So – my question is, what do you find works better? Punishment, or simply setting a good example for your kids?
Quote taken from an article entitled The Analytical Mind which is in the supplement pack included in the Dianetics Professional Course Lectures by L. Ron Hubbard.
Based in the Washington, D.C. Metro area, Tad Reeves is a Linux system administrator, mountain biker, husband, father of two, and lifelong Scientologist. He's written hundreds of articles on the subject of Scientology as it relates to parenting and family, as well as various commentary on the Scientology religion.
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wow, love this! i don’t think i’ve seen this quote before, thank you for posting. i actually have a work-in-progress blog post very related to this idea and this quote might just fit right in. oh, and to answer your question, setting a good example (obviously!)! i love using good manners in my interactions with my kids and then seeing them act likewise. it is very gratifying, and wonderful knowing that they’re acting that way because it makes sense to them to do so, not b/c of an external pressure like threatened punishment.
love it!!!
As a parent, I can definitely say that both the kids and I are much happier when I work out how to handle things without punishment! I hate it… they hate it… definitely tells you something doesn’t it? We get along better in the family when we apply such data as in this quote.
I do want to remind people that there is a specific way of handling punishment when it is necessary, such as for badly aberrated children, which can be found in the lecture “Educational Dianetics” in the Research & Discovery Volume 4. It’s good to know that data.
As a daughter, I can say that I always I copied the example of my parents and it was good for me…I think the tendency of human beings is always reproduce what he sees, has everything to do with the environment in which he lives.
We are mirrors of our fathers,and challenge for a child, I believe that is reach places that our parents did not come, go further, be better. And yes … I believe there is nothing better than the example!!!