DISCIPLINE EXPLAINED

Remember: want + perception = behavior

Discipline begins and ends with teaching children to think out the soundness of what they WANT, relative to how they presently perceive what they are getting and to how they are attempting to accomplish their goal as it relates to the rules and the standards of wherever they are and to the rights of others.

1. The soundness of what they want.

Soundness means “is what they WANT consistent with the will of God for their life?

Soundness means “is what they WANT permitted by God?

2. How they presently perceive what they are getting.

Am I getting what I want?

Am I not getting what I want?

3. How they are attempting to accomplish their goal.

How refers to the child’s behavior.

How refers to what the child is doing to get what he wants.

4. Rules and standards of wherever they are.

Rules and standards means just that—these are what you are supposed to do or are supposed to obey.

Wherever means home, school, work, camp, or wherever rules and standards exist.

5. the rights of others.

For example, the right to privacy, the right to property, the right to speak.