do you punish your children

the most ill do is slap his hand or in public i screatly pull his ear and he gets up in a span and start walking.... just now im gonna start with the time out No tv no treats no fun games with mommy and sitting down on the floor in a corner and i guess i'll sit with him ause if i leave i knwo fro sure he will folow me some times i think i need nany 911 to help thuis single mother out LOL

My eldest is 4 she gets a warning and then is put in time out on the stairs for four minutes, mostly this is to calm her down give me time to collect my thoughts so that when I talk to her its done calmly and not angry so that she gets told good reasons for why she is in trouble not just shouted at. My youngest is almost 2 and she gets told no and removed I think thats more than enough at her age and while I might have to repeat this action several times she is learning slowly but surely.

While I don't abuse my kids I don't just warn them not to do some thing either. If my kids are doing some thing wrong they normally get told once not to if they continue or do it again they sit in time out. My 11 and 7 year old know right from wrong so if they chose to do some thing wrong they get to sit in time out. Some times they get things taken away from them, video games, barbies what ever. My youngest at 15 months gets time out and if an immediate reaction is needed she gets a spank on the diaper. Never hard enough to hurt her just enough to get her attention. I never really spanked my kids if I can get through to them by talking or time out of taking some thing I do. The only time I use spanking as a punishment isn't really even for punishment its more to get there attention. Like my 15 month old tried to run into the street (not a busy street but not the point) I grabbed her and I spanked her diaper. To get her QUICK attention. No we don't run in the road!

I don't children yet, but if I ever do I won't hit them unless they're engaging in a dangerous behavior and I must respond quickly to stop them. Mostly, when I’m mom I’ll do what I do when I go do childcare now, namely time out and privilege removal.

I have a 4 year old daughter. I usually dont spank her unless I have to. I take away toys or movies. Or tell her she wont get to do this or that if she dont start behaving. Usually it works. Sometimes it dont and ill have to spank her but thats probably 3 times a year. I hate to spank her. I was spanked a lot as a child and I figure theres other ways to try and make her mind then by doing that. So thankfully my method does work for the most part.

I have a 5 and 6 year old and a 16 month old. With my two oldest boys I rarely have to warn them more than twice. If I have to warn them a third time. I take away their toys and put them in a room without TV or toys for a few minutes. The behavior never really escalates into a third warning. Now with my 16 month old, he never really seems to listen to a word I say. Its weird, because my other two children never really tested me the way he does. He'll keep doing something wrong until I get up and come towards him, then he'll run and hide, with a grin on his face. I usually put him in time out, but I have to put him in time out with a firm voice, or he will not stay put. I only put him there until he calms down from a temper tantrum or for 2 minutes.

I am a mother of 2 beautiful children. I have a 2year old and a 5 month old. Of course I don't discipline my 5 month old, now my 2 year old is a different story. She is at that age where she is testing her boundaries. I first give her a warning. If she does it again, then I warn her again in a more firm tone. If she still doesn't listen (which typically the second warning works) then I give here a little tap on her bottom (she is still in diapers, so it doesn't hurt her at all). The tap on her bottom tends to hurt her feelings more than anything. As I said before, the second warning usually works though. I have only had to use the last resort 2x.