Good vs Bad discipline for unwanted child behaviour

Good vs Bad discipline for unwanted child behaviour

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    Evidence suggests that there are good and bad examples of how to discipline unwanted child behaviour.

    EXAMPLES OF BAD DISCIPLINE

    Examples of types of discipline that are not effective include screaming, constantly explaining, repeatedly warning, threatening, pleading, arguing, bribing, giving in and smacking.

    Smacking for example may undermine a parent's respect for the child and may therefore erode their ability to teach, while positively reinforcing to the child that violence is an acceptable solution to the problem. Smacking may also prohibit the child from learning from the experience as the message that is intended to be given can often be lost in the resulting emotional mess.

    EXAMPLES OF GOOD DISCIPLINE

    Evidence suggests it is more effective and safe to withhold attention from unwanted behaviour (e.g. ignore a child that is behaving poorly). For more extreme unwanted behaviours in children older than 3 years the following tips might be useful:

    • Natural consequences e.g. if a child refuses to eat, let them go hungry
    • Related consequences e.g. if a child fights over a toy, remove the toy
    • Removing privileges e.g. refuse access to a wanted toy for an unrelated behaviour (this type of discipline should be used with caution, and it is important to explain to children why this is being done and what they can do to have this undone)


    For more helpful tips of healthy ways to discipline children check out the following website:

    https://raisingchildren.net.au

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    Ashwagandha is classified as an adaptogen - a substance that helps the body adapt to physical and psychological stress. But that description undersells the specificity of the evidence.

    In peer-reviewed clinical trials, ashwagandha root extract has been shown to:

    01

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    02

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    Improve subjective measures of stress, anxiety, and wellbeing

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    Improve subjective measures of stress, anxiety, and wellbeing

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    Here is where most supplement labels become misleading.
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    Ashwagandha works. The evidence is genuinely strong. But the quality of the extract determines the quality of the outcome — and most of what's available on the market doesn't use the forms that the clinical research actually studied.
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