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Discipline
1Behavioral Pediatrics Division, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.
Insights
Pediatricians often lack accessible resources on child discipline strategies like time-in and independent play. This review highlights the need to integrate research literature into pediatric practice for better parental guidance.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Child Development
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Discipline is a frequent concern for pediatricians and parents.
- Existing pediatric literature offers limited guidance on evidence-based discipline techniques.
- Key developmental skills like time-in, self-quieting, and independent play are underrepresented.
Purpose of the Study:
- To address the gap in pediatric literature regarding effective child discipline strategies.
- To explore the research literature on time-in, self-quieting, and independent play skills.
- To provide pediatricians with accessible information for guiding parents on discipline.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of pediatric and research publications.
- Analysis of studies focusing on child discipline, time-in, self-quieting, and independent play.
- Synthesis of findings relevant to ambulatory care pediatrics.
Main Results:
- The pediatric literature inadequately covers crucial discipline topics.
- Relevant research exists but is not readily accessible to practicing pediatricians.
- Key concepts like time-in and independent play require greater emphasis.
Conclusions:
- There is a significant need to bridge the gap between developmental research and pediatric practice.
- Integrating research on self-quieting and independent play can enhance pediatric guidance on discipline.
- Pediatricians require better access to resources on evidence-based child discipline.
Abstract:
Discipline is one topic that virtually every ambulatory care pediatrician is frequently asked about. Although there is a tendency to provide parents with short, glib answers to questions about discipline, the literature on time-in, self-quieting skills, and independent play skills has rarely been addressed in the pediatric literature. It is, rather, covered in the research literature--a literature that is not exactly easily accessed by the pediatrician.