Child guidance and behavior management

When it comes to child guidance and discipline I prefer to use methods to prevent children from misbehaving and techniques that help them to learn from their mistakes. I don’t like to use punishment with children as I feel it doesn’t do anything to teach them how to be better or why what they did wasn’t OK. No form of spanking or corporal punishment is allowed at Munchkin Land. When children misbehave I will usually try talking with them and prompting them to see if they can figure out how to correct their behavior on their own. When they have trouble I will help them think of ways they can fix the problem (like using their words, or taking turns). I believe that most misbehavior comes from children having problems that they don’t know how to solve (like wanting to play with something but not knowing how to get it, or feeling frustrated and not knowing how to calm down) and that the best solution is to help them learn how to solve them. When necessary I will remove children from a situation but I do not use time outs as a general response to misbehavior. I think time outs are more effective if they are voluntary so instead of placing a child in time out I would ask them if they’d like to have a little time to themselves to calm down. The goal is to help children become capable problem solvers and effective communicators.