how do you punish your child when he commit mistakes?

I've recently just been saying his first/middle name and telling him I count to 3, he always listen by 2, and I never had to yell or spank him for that.

I usually show my son that I'm angry. Sometimes, I shout at him, but that's too seldom. When I shout, he knows I'm angry. Then I don't give him my attention again until he says sorry.

first scolding.

With my children I start by warning them that if they continue they will be punished. If they carry on they have to sit on the stairs. If my 5 year old winds me up and I'm really angry so I feel I might hit her I send her to her room until I have calmed down. If they misbehave for a few days running I will threaten with a smack but hardly ever have to carry it through. The only exception to this is when my 2 year old bites me when I tend to smack her straight away.

By scolding them we think they will be punished no but they get angry more and more and try to do the mistake again.Best punishment is not to talk for sometime,so automaticaly they realize.

my 4 yeaqr old girl is a very active kid but sometimes i fell she is naughty at her age. But in a way I always talk to her and tell things what is good and what is bad and sometimes she still forget what i've told her thats the time i will make her to be alone in her room untill she says sorry. Im very thankful in her because if she thinks that she do something wrong after i punished her she will say sorry for what she did

I try to be very fair to my son. Hes 3, and even so he knows when he is doing something wrong, vs when he is doing something right. I praise him highly for doing things well, for behaving well. When he knows he is doing something wrong, he gets punished, we use time outs mostly. Using guidence is the best policy i think. And i dont punish for mistakes, every child makes them, i punish misbehavior only. My son is a rather well behavied little guy.