Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on
discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles
in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and
disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it
in pleasant,
constructive ways, he will not demand it
in antisocial
ways; to avoid trying to put the child
in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child
in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested
in.