The Bean Patch FDC

Our Philosophy -

Be kind as you teach them to be kind.

Be gentle as you teach them to be gentle.

Be polite, as you teach them to be polite.

Be honest and take responsibility about your own emotions and feelings, and encourage them to do the same.

Admit and apologize for your mistakes, as you teach them to do so for their own.

Respect them, for despite their size and youth children come into this world as whole fully aware people and deserve to be respected as such.

Focus on reinforcing positive behavior, and take the spotlight away from negative behavior.

Remain calm and loving in the face of strong emotions. Respond rather than react.

Keep consistent boundaries and apply them with empathy.

Talk at their level, and make eye contact.

Accept and acknowledge their opinions, feelings, and ideas.

Never threaten, punish, or apply made up consequences, this only serves to undermine trust. Discipline is the process of teaching appropriate behavior by modeling and correcting until it is learned.

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Remember, we were all once children with everything still to learn.