Reply #15: So, how do you "not placate them" ? [View All]

[devarsi]

NOT that I agree with this kid zapper at all, far from it.

But, if you have an actively stubborn child, requiring CONSTANT supervision, taking time away from your other children, and who is a potential endangerment to his/her self, what do you do?

How many times have you seen a half aware parent repeat themselves ad naseum to their child "Billy/Betty, stop that, you don't pull hair/push/take toys (etc) it's not nice." While the child forges ahead, pulling hair, snatching toys, pushing others.

The child knows, at some level, that it is a test of endurance. The child keeps up the behavior, the parent endlessly threatens, and nothing is accomplished.

I don't know about you Terwilliger, but I find that most people that have easy, pat answers for how to discipline children, don't actually have children of their own. It just isn't a simple job. :-)

If you do, how do you deal with discipline?