Sunday, January 23, 2005

Parenting: Developing DQ

One of my greatest challenges and frustrations as a Father in disciplining my children.

Often we all hear parents of large families say "I don't know why Harry has turned out the way that he has - we disciplined all my kids the same".

Herein lies the problem...kids are to be disciplined differently depending on their 'species': Porcupine, Bear, Lamb, or Monkey.

This article on developing our disciplne quotient (DQ) provides an intriguing insight on these four species, their motivations for misbehaviour and how we should respond.

Our sky-larking seven year old is definitely a "Monkey".

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