ERIC Number: EJ749401
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Oct
Pages: 2
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The Need for Limit Setting, Structure, and Expectations
Brazelton, T. Berry; Greenspan, Stanley I.
Early Childhood Today, v21 n2 p10-11 Oct 2006
Although there is a general agreement about the need for limits, structure, and guidance in a child's life, there is a strong difference of opinion among many professionals about the best ways to meet these needs. Some believe in more educational approaches, explaining to children the "why" of it, while others favor very firm disciplinary standards, even for toddlers and young preschoolers, with an emphasis on discipline, structure, and respect. This article helps clarify these issues. It is important to understand how infants and young children learn. All learning, even of limits and structure, begins with nurturing care, from which children learn trust, warmth, intimacy, empathy, and attachment to those around them.
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship, Discipline, Young Children, Child Behavior, Infants, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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