Dr Deepak Chopra says on more than one occasion that he brought up his children without reprimanding or punishing them:
“We never felt the need to punish them, although we let our children know very honestly when we were disappointed, angry or hurt. This was our way of teaching of teaching by reflection instead of rules.”
On reading this quote it becomes difficult to fathom how one is to bring up children in this way especially if routine and discipline have been an integral part of one’s parenting style for years.
I myself am a fan of Gina Ford, and if you are at all familiar with her advice and thoughts on rules and routine you will realise how defined her views are on early parenting.
I have to say that on first reading of this statement I sat open mouthed at the prospect of doing away with the ‘sad cloud’ (a friendly word for the naughty step!) I simultaneously broke in to a cold sweat at merely contemplating not being able to threaten my son with withholding his Power Rangers the next time he decided to flagrantly disregard my precious rules.
How could you bring up a child in this hippy way? Surely children need to be aware of their boundaries and what constitutes appropriate behaviour?
Read about the outcome: http://www.ambaraypublishing.co.uk/my-blog/spiritual-parenting-punishment-doesnt-work/
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