15 Tips for First Time Parents to Help with Discipline

6. Keep promises, whether it is good or bad. This enables your child to learn to respect and trust you.

7. The environment surrounding children can potentially influence their behavior, thus create one to help develop their good behavior.

8. As your kid gets older, give him more responsibility for his own behavior. Give him also the chance to experience the consequences of his behavior.

9. Help your younger one learn how to convey how she feels. Say, “How are you feeling?” “You seem upset.”

10. Always be firm on whining – no means no. Don’t say a word unless you really mean it.