What does Dr. Dobson have to say about discipline?
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Be willing to let your child experience a reasonable amount of pain or inconvenience when he behaves irresponsibly. --The New Dare to Discipline, p. 116
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Parental warmth after discipline is essential to demonstrate that it is the behavior--not the child himself--that the parent rejects. --The New Dare to Discipline, p. 36
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Parents cannot require their children to treat them with dignity if they will not provide the same respect to them in return. --The New Dare to Discipline, pp. 25–26
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Give your child an exposure to responsibility and work, but also preserve time for play and fun. --The New Dare to Discipline, p. 155
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If the strong-willed child is allowed by indulgence to develop "habits" of defiance and disrespect during his early childhood, those characteristics will haunt him and his parents for the next twenty years. --Parenting Isn't for Cowards, p. 90
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Two distinct messages must be conveyed to every child during his first forty-eight months: (1) "I love you more than you can possibly understand," and (2) "Because I love you I must teach you to obey me." --Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions about Raising Children, p. 16
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The proper programming of the conscience is one of the most difficult jobs associated with parenthood, and the one that requires the greatest wisdom. --Emotions: Can You Trust Them? p. 44
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The strong-willed adolescent simply must not be given large quantities of unstructured time. He or she will find destructive ways to use such opportunities. Get that youngster involved in the very best church youth program and other healthy activities you can find. --Parenting Isn't for Cowards, p. 150
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A child's will is a powerful force in the human personality. It is one of the few intellectual components which arrives full strength at the moment of birth. Whereas the self-concept is delicate and wobbly, the will is made of steel. --The Strong-Willed Child, p. 76
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Children naturally look to their fathers for authority. --Straight Talk to Men, p. 65
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The parent who is willing to bail his child out of every difficulty may be doing him or her a devastating disservice. --Dare to Discipline, p. 103
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Love in the absence of discipline will not produce a child with selfdiscipline, self-control and respect for his fellow man. --Dare to Discipline, p. 10
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Discipline and love are not antithetical; one is a function of the other. --Dare to Discipline, p. 18
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The parent must be convinced that loving discipline is not something he or she does to the child; it is something done for the child. --Dare to Discipline, p. 18
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When a parent loses the early confrontations with the child, the later conflicts become harder to win. --Dare to Discipline, p. 21
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One of your most important responsibilities as parents is to establish an equitable system of justice and a balance of power between siblings. --The Strong-Willed Child, p. 132
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To a power-hungry tyrant of any age, appeasement only inflames his or her lust for more power. --Parenting Isn't for Cowards, p. 168
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While yielding to the loving leadership of their parents, children are also learning to yield to the benevolent leadership of God himself. --The Strong-Willed Child, p. 171
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We should make it clear to our children that the merciful God of love whom we serve is also a God of justice.--The New Dare to Discipline, p. 228