Parenting Tips on Discipline

Perhaps it’s a reaction to permissive parents, but lately I have noticed a parenting style that seems about as destructive as the method it rebeles against. These parents are hyper alert to every move, word and expression their children make and correct the tiniest infraction. Surely this cannot be good for any child. I understand why some parents want to appear “tough” and “in control” but they seem to have forgotten that the point of discipline is to set limits of behavior. The ironic thing is that these parents end up looking rude and self-centered themselves and often the parents’ behavior is more irritating than the child’s they are correcting. Most likely the children have tuned these parents out long ago. Who wouldn’t? No one could survive that constant correcting. Please, parents, discipline the most important areas of your child’s life but please don’t comment on every move and word a child makes.