Stop Stomping and Slamming Doors

I have the same problem from time to time with all my children, my 18 year old was the worst so far. It was the bedroom doors that always got slammed in our house so what we finally did was give a warning. If you slam the door again I am taking it off and you won't have a door to your room. Wen the slammed it I got the screw driver out and took it off its hinges. We left it off for a week. After the week was up we put the door back on and said if it happens again it will be two weeks. We ended up taking it off again a few days later, for two weeks. When I put it back on I said if it happens again it will be off for good. I didn't have to remove it again. For stomping, I had an unusual way of dealing with it. It took a little longer to break them but it finally worked. Everytime they would stomp off I would wait until they got to where they were going then follow them. Their punishment was to walk 50 times from the point where they started from to the point they finished at. There and back counted as 1 time. If they stomped while walking it the count started over until they were no longer stomping but walking. I think it took at least 20 different times of walking it before they finally got the idea that stomping wasn't a good thing. My children actually didn't start this stage until they were about 10 or so. Good luck to you, I know it isn't very fun.

If the guys knew just what kind of issues all of us moms really had to deal with and how hard it is to handle unruly kids, they'd stop asking us to fix dinner for them! My kid is a mini-diva too. But, on the other hand she's the nicest most caring individual I've ever met, and I try to remember that side of her when she's being difficult. There's a technique that works for every kid. You might just have to try them all. Super Nanny has some pretty good ideas too, on tantrums and dealing with door slammers. Her techniques are kind of archaic and harsh, but I guess they work for some people. Best of luck with your child.

My 3 almost 4 years was stomping her feet and slamming door and so took the doors off the hinges, no more slamming now. Basically if she throws a fit I ignore her. I start a conversation even if it is with myself about anything just so she knows that it is not effecting me.

My youngest does that and it started when he could move. We are moving into year number eight with it. To make matters worse, he has flat feet so when he stomps it makes a Boom-Slap Boom-Slap noise and we call him Slappy, or say Slappy is in Slappy_mode and that really sends him into a tizzy. I don't know that he is evere going to outgrow it because it's just his temperment. At least he is the youngest so no other siblings are goingt o pick up his habit. Good luck with yours!

my 8 year old has not grown out of it so i took off most the doors! it has been 2 years of peace since (unless we are away and there are doors there!)

Oh WOW!!! Do I ever hear you. Dont worry you are not alone. I have a 4 ( soon to be 5 next month) daughter. WOW can she throw a fit. I do the usuall, you know ignore her till she tires herself out, using distraction techniques. Even doing the exact same as her once. ( mind you I look pretty silly). NOTHING works, I have taken everything away at one pont, little by little it all went, and yet still no cooperation. I really dont know where these kids get it from. I know it is just a phase but come on!!!!! When I ignore my daughter, she will litterally try to kick a hole through her door. She usually slams her door so many times I think I will have the police knocking at my door. Especially since her sister was born ( 2 months ago) it will escilate faster and more fircely. She has been doing these fits since she has been 3. I am sick and tired of it. My advice to you is nip in the rear end, now. Your kid, like every kid will walk all over you, or at least try I know I 've done the same to my mom. LOL

My sister and I only each did that once and our mother made it known to use that she was not impressed by our behaviour, and that there would be trouble either now, or when we got home. Other times she just ignored it, even if we were in public, because she was not going to give us the satisfaction of making her mad.

This just happened with my 10 year old about 20 minutes ago. She didn't get her way and went screaming out the front door slamming it behind her. I went out and dragged her back into the house and told her she doesn't slam the door like that and yell at me like that and sent her to her room. She stomped her feet all the way up screaming so I went up to her and told her to stop screaming and that she could come out when she could apologize to me. She just came down and asked if she could come out now. I said when she can apologize to me. She apologized and is now outside playing. This doesn't happen very often, probably because of the methods I have used. It helps that my children do not have tvs, video games, telephones, cell phones, computers, and such in their bedrooms. When they go in their they can lay on their bed and cry, or they can read a book. Nothing much else to do. When they get bored they come out and apologize. I think this works best. But they can't have a bunch of toys in their room.

I put a chart by her door , I have a 6 year old diva,stomping column , slamming column ,shouting , whatever she is really bad at , not sharing ..etc.. ,every time there is a strike in any of the columns, she gets a punishment , a time out , an extra chore,no play time outside for a day , ,depends what she does , collect five strikes and her ds is gone , She tested us one time , she wouldn't listen and collected 12 strikes,we took her ds and the high school musical movie , oh boy never again you just have to be persistant.

I had to address that issue with my child. She would get mad and do that. I had to put her in time out every time she did that. She finally stopped because she got sick and tired of going to time out.

My nephew has quit a temper and for a while went through a stage where he would throw things and slam doors. Every time he did this we would take away his favorite movies or toys. We also agter he cooled off explained that it is dangerous to throw thing at people because you can hurt them. He stopped those thing fairly quickly.

Hi there, my kids are always stomping around and slamming doors the oldest is 11 years old now, your kids will stop but it will all start again when they become teenagers when they cant get there own way.