Internal
Learning self-control and personal responsibility means acquiring what psychologists call an internal locus of control. This means that the source of control is internal—a person acts out of sense of personal value and commitment. In contrast, an external locus of control means that a child depends on external rewards or punishments to behave as the authority wishes. In the absence of these external forces, a child is free to act impulsively.
❦ The goal of discipline is to strengthen children’s self-regulation
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