Nurturing Discipline Policy
Ministry of Discipline @ SuperParents
The Nurturing Discipline Policy
March 26 2010
Commitment:
The Ministry of Discipline is committed to the protection of children from certain parents or care-givers who use punishment-as-discipline. This perversion of the concept of discipline results in the use of corporal punishment in order to achieve compliant behaviour in children.
The Ministry’s commitment includes the promotion of the concept that discipline is a nurturing activity, which in itself promotes establishment of a nurturing environment, clear rules and boundaries, intervention techniques, and an acceptable range of tactics that will help achieve reasonable behaviour from children.
Rationale:
- Some parents and care-givers understand that discipline equals corporal punishment.
- Corporal punishment may include but is not limited to open-handed smacking, smacking with an implement, ear-pulling, hair-pulling, shaking, squeezing, pinching, punching, kicking, burning, cutting, small joint manipulation, pressure point activation, drowning or near drowning, or any forms of deprivation of liberty.
- This corporal punishment results in unreasonable physical pain and emotional fear.
- Those that use corporal punishment may know few other tactics that could elicit positive outcomes.
- The Ministry has a duty of care to promote an alternative interpretation of the word ‘discipline,’ and to offer tools that will help produce positive outcomes between parents, care-givers, and children.
Objectives:
- The Ministry will promote the concept of ‘nurturing’ discipline. Nurturing discipline focuses on the root word ‘disciple,’ meaning to create a calm and collected mind helping the child integrate harmoniously with the environment. Promotion of the concept will be done through various online channels directly controlled by SuperParents, and indirectly through the auspices of other online channels that understand the objectives of this policy and whom may promote it to their own members.
- The Ministry will promote the use of additional tools for parents and care-givers in order for them to understand that there are other ways to elicit positive outcomes and that corporal punishment is not the best way to achieve desired results.
- The Ministry will use this online blog to create solidarity amongst proponents of The Nurturing Discipline Policy. This may be done through responses created below or through other ways of showing agreement. (Note: Bloggers and Webmasters show your support by leaving your link here for us.)
Levels of Responsibility:
The League of SuperParents are responsible to develop, refine, adopt, and promote the policy. The League is ultimately responsible to its online community and to ensure that all objectives have been adopted by all stakeholders, and that the policy is always in place.
The Original SuperParent is responsible for our online community’s awareness of zero tolerance towards corporal punishment and other forms of abuse. Ensuring that all stakeholders are fully briefed and are ready to promote The Policy. That strategic direction of SuperParents considers The Policy’s objectives within the framework of all activities.
Performance Review and Measurement:
There will be one post per month on this blog and SuperParent’s associated Twitter account in relation to this policy. Documentation relating to reward and punishment tactics will be produced by mid 2010, and will be disseminated by opt-in signup and email broadcast.
Activity:
Formal Annual Review of this Policy is required by The League of SuperParents. Procedures and Guidelines will be updated in accordance with the Policy.
Version History:
March 26 2010 Version 1.0
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