1 Philosophy on Guidance Childrens behavior depends on several factors.

Among these factors, the environment has the greatest importance in shaping childs personality. Psychologists perceive the environment as a set of areas where children live/study, people they interact with, actions they perform. In addition, environmental settings are easier to understand and, consequently, to change than childs character. Due to this, there is a guiding perspective that focuses on creating proper environmental conditions in order to establish appropriate behavioral patterns. This system of childrens guidance distinguishes a child as a worth respect and trust individual who does not need strict limitations but assistance and understanding from adults. This approach greatly differs from the principle of controlling discipline in that it promotes cooperation among children and adults; emphasizes childrens development in accordance with physiological and psychological capacities; allows a child to formulate own perception of the world on the basis of the examples adults set and environmental conditions they create. Obviously, it is better to try to prevent childrens misbehavior than to deal with consequences. To create preventive measures one should remember about the influence of the environment. This means that the environment of a child should be comfortable and it should satisfy basic needs of an individual. Sometimes one good way to alter a pattern of behavior is to change the environmental settings. If preventive measures do not help to deal with misbehavior, several techniques can be employed. Firstly, in many cases a child forgets about rules and simple reminding of them can stimulate positive behavior. Secondly, it is necessary to understand the reason why a child misbehaves. Due to this, assistance of parents and other educators will be important. Parents also are useful because they spend the greatest time of the day with children and their parenting style defines the way children develop. Another way to deal with misbehavior is to try to provide a different response: this will allow a child to react differently and possibly will lead to change in

2 behavior. Finally, a child should see that adults try to support and assist him/her even though he/she does some mistakes. Overall, guiding philosophy, to my mind, seems a good way to guide childrens behavior.

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