I posted a little earlier about my 4 year old. I stated an issue I was having with her, and that I don't like to give spankings unless she was doing something dangerous.
Now I am curious- How do you punish your children or what seems to work best in your family?
Time outs are great but also you could use the reward system so like when they do suthing bad they get a toy or treat such as dessert taken but with good behavior they can earn that toy or treat back or like the star system when they reach a surtian amount of stars on there chart they get sumthing special or they can get stars taken away this works well because they want stars or they want there toys so I find the reward system great. also spanking is alowed. sum people dont favor it but you no the child learns there lesson intead of a hard spanking give them a tap on the wrist or hand or bottom but dont do it hard just enough to get them 2 improve there behvior best of luck
I know I'm only 14... but I babysit a tooonnn. I find the best way to discipline if their fighting with a sibling or other children, is seperate them completely. They can't talk, cant play cant touch NOTHING. they will realize that having to share or play nice is better than not having ANYONE to play with. It might take a while... but it will work. :) Good luck.
when time out doesn't work i take the favorite thing away too and that makes him regret not listening.. i think they change a little as they get older and consistency is necessary in terms of not letting them get away with things but sometimes you have to do a little rotation depending on the situation and what's appropriate =)
I agree with thdude. I have a 5 year old son. he gets couch time when bad. and if we are in public we go to the car and talk about his behavior. I rarely ever yell at him. he is a hyper child and yelling makes him act up more. I also have never spanked or hit him.
Time outs. Those works the best...I'm not going to lie, I've yelled at my kids before, however, it has zero impact. A time out is the best, from what we've seen with our kids (I have two boys, now 6 & 8 years old).
I think time outs as well but my sister who is a nanny finds that you have them sit a minute for how every old they are 2 mins for 2 ect. or else younger children tend to forget what they are there for
I agree with beautyqueen85 take away the thing they love the most and tell them they wont get it back until they behave and they will eventually.
Totally agree, the key is to be consistant and not to give in, ever
If I had kids that continually disobeyed me, I would spank them.
