Discussion #6: Guidance & Discipline

Marini Smith

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In Chapter 6, the text defines the differences between guidanceand discipline.

For this week’s Discussion, you will do the following:

• First, in your own words, describe the difference between guidance and discipline as it relates to managing children’s behavior.
• Second, you will view this video from Super Nanny and explain:
  • Do you see evidence of guidance or discipline? Both? Neither? Explain by providing specific examples.
  • Based on the video, what issues do you observe within the family (describe at least two)?
  • What are two recommendations you have to help this family? Be sure to cite at least one piece of support for your recommendation from the textbook (Chapter 6).

Janet Rocha

Oct 5, 2021 at 7:1PM

Describe the difference between guidance and discipline as it relates to managing children’s behavior

• Guidance is helping and assisting children in their growth and development, building positive interactions will guide children and direct them to positive directions and behaviors.
• Discipline can lead to inflicting or intended punishment and can trigger neglect, trust issues, and negative behavior.

Do you see evidence of guidance or discipline? Both? Neither? Explain by providing specific examples. Based on the video, what issues do you observe within the family (describe at least two)? What are two recommendations you have to help this family?

• In the video, I felt the dad was demonstrating some discipline by taking away the books once the child kicked him. The parents seem to get frustrated but don’t do much to discipline the children. The dad starts to raise his voice a bit and tells his daughter, that is crying and screaming to “stop”. I did not see any evidence of guidance, the little girl kept shouting and throwing temper tantrums and the parents didn’t seem to talk to her about the actions of her behavior, the mom kept ignoring her child, the drive to the market, while the child kept screaming ” mommy, I want you”. At the market child was out of control, running around, doing mischievous things, mom seemed frustrated due to she had to deal with three kids with no help but didn’t seem to try and talk to her children, and communicate about the consequences of their actions. The parents seem to just give up and not want to deal with it, they seem lost and unsure of how to discipline their children. The mother did mention “it’s hard to go to the supermarket alone with them because I can’t control them”. I feel there’s a lack of communication and they keep ignoring their children without trying to acknowledge their feelings and try to calm them down.

Recommendations would be:

• The I- message strategy- communicating and identify feelings.
• Problem-solving strategy- engaging the child and adult in working through the issue of concern together. Building a strong foundation of good communication and positive relationships, the adult and child as wells as calming the child down, work together to identify the problem behavior and discuss the implications of the behavior.

Hasnaa Idrissi

Oct 7, 2021 at 7:54 AM

• First, in your own words, describe the difference between guidance and discipline as it relates to managing children’s behavior.

Guidance is the process of helping the children and encouraging them to choose, decide and plan for the future accurately.

Discipline. Is way to teach children to follow rules and commitment to decisions and controls set by parent or teacher regarding the child.

• Do you see evidence of guidance or discipline? Both? Neither? Explain by providing specific examples.

When Andra kicked her father and asked for bear book this action showed that there was no discipline. Meanwhile when Andra and her mom went to supermarket, she stared picking up products and missing up with machine. That shows the mom has no guidance toward her daughter.

• Based on the video, what issues do you observe within the family (describe at least two)?

First example we can describe it when the dad is given a guidance to Andrea and she reacted with a kick to her dad, that shows that the daughter always getting helped from her mother. Second example, Andrea is manipulating her mom by saying if you want me stop you have to buy me a donut, I think you must listen to your kids but when it comes to manipulation which is will lead them to behave differently than parent should stop listening and act depend on the situation.

• What are two recommendations you have to help this family? Be sure to cite at least one piece of support for your recommendation from the textbook (Chapter 6).

My recommendation to help these parent should use strategy of problem solving and to be calm and directed.

When Andra shouted, yelled, and kicked her father. Her father should’ve warned her first to stop this behavior if she won’t stop, he should’ve given her time out sit her down face to face and try talk to her with the appropriate tone voice and say to her that that behavior is not acceptable, because she was shouting and kicking him, explain to her why he’s giving her a time out l, and then ask her to apologies to him.
The best way that a mother to apply this type or parenting with her children when she’s shopping, so the kids won’t be bored and misbehave, she should tell her kids that she needs their help in supermarket, and let them help with wherever they’re shopping for, for example groceries, and have them put them in the cart, this way the children will have fun and feel useful, while the mother have a good healthy experience shopping.