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What is this discipline all about? We hear about this term “Discipline” from the time we were young and continues almost at every stage of our life.. Type in the word and you have umpteen quotes, articles, books, strategies, Do’s, Don’ts, People, Life and everything that revolves around “Discipline” Hmmm...Think about how much does this word exists in your life?? Look at your day and somewhere or the other this word creeps in different forms and proportions... If you have a child in your life or child - close to your life then this word is even more dearer.... !!! And if you are a Teacher then you can’t ever dream of keeping this away even for a day in your life...It’s like your basic app that exists in your phone - without which you cannot operate your phone.... How about looking at discipline from a totally different view and trying the same?  Let's look at a few scenarios a classroom & how we could approach the same through different lens... Chi

What are the most common things that you see in children? No no...I am not labeling them - it's just about a few things that you will significantly notice when you are around children - They are "The Most Bussssssssyyyyyyy" people - They are the most busy people you can ever find anywhere - look around - observe - do you see them quiet anytime? Well, probably only when they are asleep (but you never know the action happening behind the closed eyes ;)) They put up with our constant tantrums - Yes!! I mean it - how much do we go behind them all the time constantly - Get up, get ready, time, finish  your milk, did you brush, wear your shoes, run, eat, write, learn, come, go, wait, sit, sleep, watch, listen, respect, bye, say hello, wear properly, don't spill, see there.......;) aaaah!!! don't weeee??? I know completely understandable - yes we need to :).....They still, put up with all this day in day out - Think about it :)...Thankfully they

Whenever I read this - It rings a bell...It brings in awareness of what we do to children sometimes Unconsciously.... ...'Listen'.... Each of it expressed in here is so very true.... Author - Anonymous When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving me advice, you have not done what I asked. When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings. When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem. Listen! All I ask is that you listen. Don’t talk or do – just hear me. Advice is cheap; 20 cents will get you both Dear Abby and Billy Graham in the same newspaper. And I can do for myself; I am not helpless. Maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless. When you do something for me that I can and need to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and inadequacy. But when you accept as a simple fact that I feel what I feel, n