Tag: discipline

True Story: The Nurtured Heart Approach® and Me

Posted on by Ariane Williams

Grounded.  That’s a word I became very familiar with in high school.  No, I don’t mean grounded as in “realistic” – I mean grounded as in punished, sent to my room, cut off from friends or from my computer.  I wasn’t a bad kid, really, but there were certain rules I was bad at following.  […]

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Positive Discipline: How to Discipline Your Foster Child

Posted on by Ariane Williams

The spectre of spanking looms over every parent.  Traditionally a method of discipline aimed at correcting a child’s behavior, spanking has become a rather controversial topic in parenting.  For foster parents, spanking is an even more grave concern; as state-sponsored caregivers, they represent the state and as such are held to much stricter standards than […]

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