Essay #511 pt.1 "Which is the best way to discipline a kid?" Parenting is a quite difficult endeavor which many people face at certain point in their lives, and in spite the fact that raising a child is a quite common activity there is not any guide how to do this right. Every parent has a personal look on this problem and sometimes their views can be quite different. That is why there is no way to choose some universal approach which would fit everyone. First of all, people have to understand that all their behavior are soaked up by their kids, thus even not teaching their children directly they affect them profoundly. That is why all parents should start from themselves and try to avoid all habits which they do no want to see in their children. Mainly this refers to unhealthy habits like smoking and drinking as children raising up would believe that this is a normal adult behavior and would connect these things together. Another point is that all children are unique and require an individual approach which would not only help them to develop all their strengths, but also to discourage some tendencies which can make their further education more complicated or something affect their behavior. Parents should find a right approach in order to control this, however is it very hard to find perfect balance between being too strict and let your child do whatever they want uncontrollable. This is a very complicated thing and many parents do this wrong, which in many cases affects their kids in a highly negative manner.