Scare tactics seems to be one of those fallback parenting techniques that just won’t go away. While it may seem like “putting a little fear” into our kids works for the short term and stops immediate behavior, in the long run it causes our children additional anxiety and may influence them to NOT trust us as parents. I am of the opinion that using scare tactics is something that really DOESN’T work as a discipline technique or a way of building a solid parent-child relationship with our kids. My theory is that the world is a scary enough place at … Continue reading →