preview

Dreikur Vs Adler

Decent Essays
Open Document

This paper will compare and contrast positive discipline between Alfred Adler and Rudolph Dreikurs to that of Peggy Drexler’s view that children should not be shamed during discipline. They all agree there are great advantages to positive discipline. The most important advantage is it helps develop children into self-disciplined adults. Another advantage is that it nurtures stronger relationships between the parent and child, which allows the child a better understanding of their parents’ feelings. It also helps reduce power struggles between a child and his/her parents.
Alfred Adler and Rudolph Dreikurs, both psychologists who shared the same beliefs to positive discipline. Adler’s work is known as “Adlerian psychology, which emphasizes the goal of belonging and significance in all individuals, and the need for kindness and firmness …show more content…

Drexler believes “it’s important to recognize discipline is not the same as punishment. Discipline is necessary. Punishment is not” (Psychology). Adler and Dreikurs agree parents who punish their children for negative behavior, rather than recognize them for their positive behavior, only lead to the child misbehaving even more. Children tend to respond better when a parent first tells them how they feel. This allows the child to connect with the parent. Once you have that connection, you can get into the discipline. When the child has a better understanding of how the parent feels, they usually don’t repeat their bad behavior.
They all agree positive discipline calls for “the need for kindness and firmness at the same time” (Carroll). Drexler believes “many kids will act out as a cry for attention or for firmer limits” (Psychology). This doesn’t mean punishment because that only makes the child feel bad, which leads to them acting out even more. Eventually, leading to a power struggle between the parent and the

Get Access