Yeah, positive discipline is a rights-based program, in the sense that first of all we know that the convention and the rights of the child states very clearly that children must be protected from all forms of violence includes physical punishment and humiliation. So when parents call their children names, when they embarrass them, when they humiliate them, when they force them to, you know, do things that degrade them, those are all forms of violence. So if we as a country have ratified the convention, and we are obligated to do all we can to eliminate all forms of violence against children. So this program addresses that, in the sense that we\u2019re trying to help parents find ways of interacting with their children that are non-violent. And we teach them through warmth and structure, we don\u2019t we don\u2019t just tell them you can\u2019t hit. We tell them why hitting isn\u2019t going to get them where they want to go, and give them information about what will help what will be much more constructive, and help them understand the reasons why, and really internalize that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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