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Managing Discipline with that Difficult 6-9 Age Group
Children age six to nine beginning to be able to develop a personality. These also are the years during which they
still have a certain amount of innocence, yet may challenge parents a little more than when they were younger.
On the other hand, children between the ages of six to nine are often easier to communicate with. Disciplining with
reasoning often works more with this age group rather than with the younger children.
One aspect of disciplining children of this age range is to let them know you mean business. If you say “no” to
them for whatever reason, make sure you stick to it. Furthermore, if you discipline your child by restricting him
or her from privileges it is important that you follow through.
Another very important point to consider about disciplining older children is positive reinforcement and
acknowledgement. For example, you can reward good behavior and discourage destructive behavior.
You can also teach them how to express their feelings in a mature manner-or at least in a more mature way than they
did when they were three or four years old. In the process of helping your children learn more mature ways to
communicate, you can insist that they ask you for what they want, and not to complain or whine.
In fact, you will want to help them use words as soon as they begin to talk, which usually is as early as a year
and a half old. Furthermore, you will want to make sure you do not reward tantrums by giving into their demands.
For example, a child of any age will need to learn they cannot have everything they want at the grocery
store.
In order to understand children between the ages of six and nine, you must realize that this is the time when they
are learning the difference between right and wrong. This is the time of life when they will first develop a
conscience, and will start to feel some type of true remorse if they lie, steal, or talk back to adults.
In other words, character development is beginning to take place in children of this age. This is the time when
they will also be able to greater understand larger concepts as well, such as war, terrorism, discrimination, or
religion.
Another very important part of development of a child between the ages of six and nine is that of various skills
and talents. They may begin to take an interest in sports, music, art, or computers. Whatever it is that your child
finds a passion for, encourage that child to pursue it.
In fact, the more you encourage your child at this age the more confident he or she will be as an adult. Your child
will some day appreciate the fact that you believed in him or her when they have become all that they have dreamed
of becoming. This is a very important stage in the life of your child.
Moreover, the more positive things that your child will become involved in the less likely they are to become
addicted to drugs, overly promiscuous, or troublemakers. Encouraging them to do right in the present will help them
adjust to the upcoming adolescent years.
Another point to remember when disciplining children of any age is this: never withhold your love from the child,
even if you have to discipline that child. In other words, never refuse to hug your child, and never stop telling
your child you love him or her.
If you master the art of administering consequences for bad behavior without withholding love, your child will grow
up a healthy person. In fact, that child will be able to set healthy boundaries in adult relationship when
necessary.
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