How do you discipline your children?

Children now a days are very different, you need more patience and understanding to dicipline them. What you did is right hitting them can not do anything but harm. So even if it's in the point of exploding from anger try to calm down. Control your temper. It take a lot of effort to be a good parent to our children. I have a blog site and I have some tips to dicipline a child maybe you can get something from me try to visit me at http://denice-marlyn13.blogspot.com/

Hello dani27! When it comes to discipling children it all depends on the crime they have committed. I mean if a child is not doing well in school then you need to find a away to help because punishment is not going to help all they time. I do believe that always sending a child to their room will cause them to think that their room as a bad place and the corner is a better alternative because it does not have an impact on everyday life for the child. The way you have explain as a discipline for you child is the best way I see it. I mean that teaches a child to learn to share and learn to be apologetic when they are in the wrong.

It depends on the crime. If my kids are fist fighting its to the corner and no video games. If they do bad in school its no video games and they can't go to their friends house. Sometimes I make them go to their room to think about what they did wrong. Later after things have calmed down I talk to them about what they did wrong and why they can't do it. My oldest son is 10 and he's at the back talking stage. always wanting to argue with me when I tell him to do something. I take away his video games, and such but its just a tough phase i'm going through with him. i hope it gets better. good luck to you.

Dani27 - I think it's great that you took child care classes. There are some great tips in the book "SOS: Help for Parents" by Lynn Clark -- it helped me get through my older son's ADHD behaviors when he was younger. Also, if you ever watch the show "Supernanny" on ABC, there are great ideas to follow. I just checked, and there is a parenting website at supernanny.com that looks like it can provide help. The thing is that not everything works the same with every child. You need to find the right kind of discipline for your specific child, that works for her. Some things work better than other things with your own kid, and if you have more than one kid they may each respond to several different techniques. Also, they need to be age-appropriate. The trick is to be consistent and firm without getting angry, which can be really hard sometimes. One thing that I've found a LOT of success with is sticker charts. It's the simplest thing, and it focuses on the positives that your child does so you can shower her with praise and love, which is something all kids enjoy, and it reinforces them to do the right thing and follow regular rules. For a 2-year-old, you can make boxes for each day of the week on a piece of paper, and about 4 areas per day when she will get stickers. Each of those items are for doing things she's expected to do, like taking a nap without a big fight, brushing her teeth, washing her hands before dinner, and picking up her toys. Every time she does this she gets a star (or some kind of sticker). If she gets a certain number of stars filled up on her page -- like for one full week, but no more than that for a 2-year-old -- she gets a reward. The reward shouldn't be food treats, but something like going to the park with Mommy or doing something special that she will love and that she can do with you. You will be surprised at how much of an improvement you will see in her behavior once you try this. I don't know if she's old enough yet, but with my kids I had one bonus star a day they could earn by doing something special, like going the whole day without a tantrum or helping me do housework or doing something good that they weren't told or asked to do. You keep the stickers, and when she has earned one, give the sticker to her to put it where you tell her. She will get a thrill out of putting the stickers on herself. This was great with my kids doing their homework and chores and things; I stopped having to fight them and just let the stars do the talking! If they didn't do what they were supposed to do, they didn't get a star. Other parents who have tried this have reported positive results, from pretty good to amazing. Good Luck -- and love her no matter what she does. It's hard to believe, but you're going to miss these days later in life! :)