In other countries, for example Sweden where I spend a lot of time, which was the first country to prohibit physical punishment, there\u2019s universal access to parent support and education, and all parents participate in it. So not only do they get a lot of ideas about how to handle situations, but they also learn a lot about child development and about the typical things that children do. So they\u2019re less likely to interpret their child\u2019s behaviour as defiance or bratty-ness or as bad. But they start to see it more as this is a developmental process. And they also are linked up with other parents, so social isolation is lessened substantially. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So when you have a culture where virtually 100% of the population has easy, free access to very high quality parent support and parent education, you have a society that hits their children a lot less because they see children differently, they know a lot more about options, they think differently about the relationship. So other countries are doing this, and certainly in Europe, and Scandinavia in particular the model is one of truly prioritizing children and families. So the prohibitions on physical punishment in those countries are not punitive against parents, they\u2019re actually just doing what we would like parents to do which is set the standard clearly; don\u2019t give a mixed message, don\u2019t give a fuzzy message, don\u2019t say a little bit\u2019s okay but not a lot and we won\u2019t tell you where that line is. We set the standard, make the expectation and the limit clear and then support children and guide them in getting there. Don\u2019t punish them when they fail. Guide them and help them to reach that. And that\u2019s what the Scandinavian countries have put into place for adults–because we\u2019re all learning. And parents are certainly learning. They\u2019re like babies born without much to go on and they\u2019re developing as well. The principals that underlie learning are the same throughout life. And that is clear communication, clear expectations, support, guidance, nurturance, encouragement, modeling. It\u2019s true whether we\u2019re two or we\u2019re 50. We need support. Not punishment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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