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Old 05-14-2019, 01:42 PM   #1
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Default "How do you discipline your child?"

When you take a child to a mental health provider, sometimes also just the pediatrician though then it's not as in depth, they ask "how do you discipline your child? What works/doesn't work?" Even worse, it's often on a form. I never know how to answer this question. Since it's for a mental health provider, they want more than just "I don't spank". That response is fine for the pediatrician, she's always visibly relieved when I assure her we don't do that and then she moves on. But the therapists want more information and now I'm looking at a form for a psychiatrist with this question and I can't think of something succinct that says what we do. "teaching, practicing, making amends"? How do you answer this? We don't spank or do a traditional time-out but we do discipline and require a level of cooperation and obedience (though we don't use that word often) so I have a hard time communicating that.
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Are there any modern “buzz words” that would convey your discipline techniques without being too cumbersome?
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Parenting with an emphasis on emotional regulation, awareness, and intelligence
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Default Re: "How do you discipline your child?"

When I first answered attachment and gentle parenting, I was asked what that was, so I haven't used it again. I've just always kinda floundered and said a whole bunch of things I would love some buzzwords that would mean something to the psychiatrist.
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Logical consequences is what I would say personally.
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Positive discipline
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We say positive discipline
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I say "positive parenting, using logical or natural consequences as needed."
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I'd be tempted to say "pretty well, if I say so myself"
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When I first answered attachment and gentle parenting, I was asked what that was, so I haven't used it again. I've just always kinda floundered and said a whole bunch of things I would love some buzzwords that would mean something to the psychiatrist.


Um that’s really weird to me because attachment theory should be very well known to psychiatrists... hmm...


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It may be that lots of people use those terms to mean very different things.
I think that's the issue, the term can be vague, and there are "levels" to it. I like positive parenting, with natural or logical consequences. I think that would give someone an idea
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I put “logical/natural consequences” on a form for my son’s then Kindergarten teacher.
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If the therapist really does not know what attachment parenting is maybe you could advise him a good book to read about it.
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Firm boundaries on non negotiable issues, which we try to keep to a minimum.

Discussion and trying to come to mutual agreement on the rest.

Natural and logical consequences.
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