Parenting Training Guide V

Correcting the child

1. Use punishment to prompt the child about the seriousness of what they have done
   • Use caning sparingly if it is to mean something to the child
   • What other means can you use to punish the child?
   • The example of Sumaya
2. Make them do the opposite of the bad they have done
   • Speak life in place of death
   • Bless in place of cursing
   • Share in place of stealing
   • Pray for them in place of holding a grudge
   • How do you correct a child who likes to fight?
   • How do you correct a vulgar child?
3. Which is the strongest voice when rebuking the child, soft or hard?
   • How do you respond when you are in a place with loud noise?
   • Wake them up early in the morning and speak with them about their actions
   • You can also express disappointment
4. Positive affirmations
   • Tell a stubborn child that they are obedient
   • Tell a bad child that they are good
5. Start correcting the child early
   • You can use your eyes to correct the child
   • How I stopped speaking broken English
   • You can use your two fingers to slap their wrist
   • What other subtle means can you correct the child?
6. Sometimes they just don't know that they do what is wrong
   • You lovingly teach them