This video was recently posted on CNN showing a 5-year-old boy being arrested by his mom to teach him a lesson. The boy apparently kept trying to set fires in the house. The mom tried to discipline the child by telling him no, and taking away his toys, but nothing worked. She got her friend involved who was a police officer to try and teach him a lesson by handcuffing him and even putting him in the back seat of the patrol car.
I don't agree at all with what this mother was trying to do to teach her son a lesson. There are other ways to discipline your child and to teach them right from wrong. Just because things might get rough doesn't mean you have to take drastic measures with a 5-year-old child. Children will want to test their limits, and parents should stay consistent with their discipline because that will just encourage more misbehavior.
Other ways to discipline your children would be to really know your child, teach them right from wrong and to listen to them as well. Give them love and affection. All children are different and have different temperaments. Not all types of discipline will work for all children, but having your young child handcuffed is not the answer, and may create more problems in the future. How a parent behaves when they're disciplining their child will determine how your child will behave or misbehave in the future.
As for the mom who had her son arrested in the video, I don't think she quite understood the effects this could have on her son in the future. If she's willing to take drastic measures such as this who says she won't take even more drastic measures if it happens again.
Friday, May 21, 2010
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