The 7-year-olddaughterof the original poster (OP) was not at all meek like me.
Discipline and learning can be taught to children without having to instill the fear of a person in it.
When a child learns that actions have consequences, they make wise decisions.
This prevents an individual from being intrinsically motivated about doing the right thing, she added.
We hold them accountable only where they are supposed to be and ask for their forgiveness when were wrong.
So we must model behavior responsibly whenever we are around them, she added.
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