DISCIPLINE TECHNIQUES OF PARENTS AN SMART IDEA TOWARD RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD

Abstract

Discipline is the most important thing in everyone‘s life without discipline one cannot live a happy life. It is an act of living life following the rule and regulation. But everyone should have self-discipline because it is important to achieve complete discipline in life and it also helps to develop better character of the person. This study aims to determine the discipline techniques of parents to their children. It includes 45 respondents from different barangay of Cabatuan to avoid prejudice of their perceptions. The researchers used quantitative research were chosen by the process of checklist and survey questionnaire method to support the data collection. The result of the study indicates that parents always teach their children good manners and right conduct in which they want their children to become a respectful person. Further, if you respect oneself and other, they will respect you too. However, there are still parents who used physical punishment such as spanking and hitting which it should not be, instead talk calmly to the child to have an understanding. It is therefore, recommended to the children to obey the rules and regulation of parents as well as the teacher to be a good person because if you know what is right over wrong you know what to do.