The root of impatience in discipline is really the same as that of overindulgence. In both instances, parents want to make up for lost time, to speed up a process that takes time.

A, собственно, что такое класс? Это сорок душ, сорок разных характеров. А за этими сорока душами - сорок разных семей, и каждая семья со своим укладом, и каждый уклад посеял свое, доброе или худое, в душе ребенка.

You can't make your kids do anything. All you can do is make them wish they had. And then, they will make you wish you hadn't made them wish they had.

Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.

Discipline isn't a dirty word. Far from it. Discipline is the one thing that separates us from chaos and anarchy. Discipline implies timing. It's the precursor to good behavior, and it never comes from bad behavior. People who associate discipline with punishment are wrong: with discipline, punishment is unnecessary.

Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other.