Here's the woman/mom specific debate of the week...how does everyone discipline their kids??? Is there a right or wrong way? What works/ doesn't work for you? I tend to think that our kids know exactly what drives us crazy so my first defense against bad behavior is to try to not react at all. Kids sometimes behave badly just to get a reaction, so I try not to give any emotional response. Then I take Bryant as calmly as I can to his room. Time out is the ONLY thing that works for us, and yes, I have to lock him in his room. I've tried a wrist slap, but he laughs, I've never really liked the spanking route. What do you guys think?
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I have 2 words for you: Super Nanny. I have both her books and they are AMAZING! She really does know what she's talking about. :) It's the only thing that has worked for Caleb (and now Jakey).
HI Maurine.
My favorite who is Pam S told me about years ago. John Rosemond, Parent Power.
I don't know if it's still around or not, but it's the only thing that kept our K was throwing her tantrum. It worked miracles!
I am going to link you to my page now. I didn't know you had a page!
Sister B
when Heather gets out of line I usually send her to bed without dinner, and that serves a double purpose: it teaches her a lesson and keeps her from getting fat. But even so I still have to resort to spanking every once in a while...
LOL > Greg...same old Greg. :)
And poor Heather, no wonder she is so thin-if she doesn't get dinner. ;)
The other night Bryant broke our towel rack. I put the bar and holdy thingy's in our closet until Erick could fix them. Well the next morning I was bent over scrubbing the tub and Bryant had gone in the closet and picked up the towel hanging bar. He then proceeded to use it like a baseball bat to whack me over the back with it. What would the precious books have me do then????? I can't remember what I did next, but I think I have a bruise on my back.
Hey Maurine. I read your blog and think this will be fun concidering I am very opinionated about... well everything. As far as disipline I think the best thing you can do for your child is be consistant and follow through. Nothing drives me more nuts than to hear a parent count to 3 10 times and then never do anything about what the child is doing. Mostly lazy people. It works well for us, most of the time. Rylan is going through the "I will tell YOU what to do stage" at our house. Which doesnt work for me. But I give him choices. He can do what I ask him to do or he can get a neg consequence. And one more thing. I dont know Greg but I already feel sorry for his kids!!
hey Maurine,
If you do any sort of time out (which I don't know many parents that don't)...try the "naughty chair/stool/step" technique that SuperNanny uses. It's hard to explain it all in a comment, but if you don't already...watch her show that comes on ABC, (Wednesdays at 9:00pm). You'll see that technique used in almost every episode! I thought it would never work me for, but I can say proudly today that it does! :)
P.S. If you don't want to buy her books right away-maybe you'll want to check them out at the library first?
Brittany, Greg is my crazy brother, and Heather is his wife. We better tell Heather to come on here and defend herself. We outta get Jessica on here too. I bet she throws Merle in a stall ha ha!
LOL ... Greg is crackin me up.... UGH, it's 2:30 and I should NOT be laughing this hard! HAHAH!
Ugh, well you left me a comment on my blog - so you know exactly what I've been dealing with too - so we're on the same page.
I have a really hard time being consistent, and it's not because I'm lazy, it's really because I don't know how much my 2 year old really GETS what I'm trying to say. I can tell her over and over and over not to kick, hit, scratch, bite, whatever - and no matter what I do, she still thinks it's funny. The whole idea of "nip the behavior in the bud" is what I'm aiming for, but I have no idea how to do it when you've got a toddler who just doesn't get it. :(
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