| ss="articletext"> | | | | disciplined are not necessarily self-motivated. Tell |
| Breaking the mold of being a child is difficult. The | | | | children not to tattle and perhaps they won't |
| mere addition of years does not make that | | | | — for a while. Teach them ethical concepts |
| happen. The dependency many adults choose, in | | | | of confidentiality and loyalty by touching their inner |
| fact, keeps them in a child-like mentality. If the | | | | sense of conscience, and tattling is more likely to |
| doctor makes our health decisions, an accountant | | | | be removed from the personality. Discipline a child |
| our financial ones, a minister our moral ones and a | | | | who followed the neighborhood ringleader and |
| politician is left to decide our rights, how is that | | | | threw apples at passing cars, and perhaps, just |
| different from a child being told what to do by | | | | maybe, he won't throw apples again. By giving him |
| teachers and parents? | | | | self-confidence he will more likely have the |
| Substituting authority figures and shifting | | | | courage to turn from peer pressure. Tell a child |
| dependencies does not equal maturity. | | | | not to eat so many French fries and perhaps she |
| Childhood is necessarily filled with lots of dos and | | | | won't — until the next chance when you're |
| don'ts, rights and wrongs, rewards and | | | | not around. |
| punishments. However, children who are well | | | | |