How do you discipline your child?
By kfg20012003
@kfg20012003 (1037)
India
February 13, 2007 10:41am CST
One thing that should be clear is, are we following discipline set for our children? Do we take care of guidelines we draw for our kids? Are you seriously implementing things which you want from others?
One thing I can remind is, children reflect their actions and behavior what they see and taught. Lets all self analyze ourselves to study the truth.
2 responses
@dreamingmyth (594)
• United States
13 Feb 07
i started time outs with my son as soon as he was able to grasp the concept of it! he now is very well behaved and ive never had to spank him or anything.. from time to time i have to yell to get his attention. and now he goes for weeks before he ends himself in time out.
@Myrrdin (3599)
• Canada
13 Feb 07
Oh yes it was, several times I had to try really hard not to laugh because she was so earnest. A few times I had to tell her that what she did didn't deserve a time out, but she never listened and always gave herself a time out anyways.
She is incredibly cute, and a little tattle tale, I always know when someone has done something wrong because she tells, she even tattles on herself. I have actually had to tell her to butt out of other peoples business before and not to tattle. Though when she tattles on herself I am sure not to punish her (unless it is major which thankfully hasn't happened) but rather thank her for being honest and tell her that by telling me she avoided any punishment.
@Myrrdin (3599)
• Canada
13 Feb 07
I beat her sensless....
Kidding, seriously I use alot of time outs, the odd removal of privelages such as video games. I also tend to focus on the positive more than the negative, in other words I don't punish negative actions as much as I reward positive ones.
One of my favorites is I have a marble jar. Every time she does something good such as cleaning up without me asking her she recieves a marble for the jar, when she missbehaves she loses one. When there are a certain number of marbles I take her to the dollar store and she is allowed to pick out anything she wants.
