Discipline is the process of teaching someone proper behavior. It includes teaching them how to follow rules using different tools and technique like positive reinforcement after good behavior, and appropriate punishments. Punishments are effective if applied correctly. Punishment alone does not help the student to have good behavior. Children need to be loved and cared for with good support system.
Some of the reasons students to misbehave are when they are seeking attention, lack of engagement, and lack of self- Confidence. When students lack the attention and love they seek they tend to act out and try to receive attention other ways. Giving students love and attention is one of the main effective ways to keeping students motivated and follow rules. Lack of engagement and stimulation …show more content…
Some of these techniques are long timeouts, detention, kicking them out of class, in and out of school suspension, expelling, and some even use corporal punishment. The problem with n and out of school suspension, and expelling are that they miss out on class lessons, which may result in them fall behind. Some of these disciplines do not make the students understand what they did wrong. These punishments can also embarrass the student in front of his or her classmates.
Theses extreme punishment affect both the students and their parents. Studies show that students who are involved in severe punishment develop an illness called Educationally Induced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (EIPSD). Sleep difficulties, feelings of sadness, anxiety episodes, anger, difficulty concentrating, lowered school achievement and tendency to avoid school are some of the negative results. It can affect the parents because it can make it harder for them to discipline their children at home. Parents also have to deal with the aftermaths mentioned