What if your toddler runs out into traffic? Telling them “you almost died” doesn’t work. A swat on the butt helps.
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Actually telling them they almost died does help. Toddlers are smart. Toddlers should never be without a parents hand anywhere near a street.
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Toddlers are smart? Then why do you have to teach them to “Look both ways” ... what’s worse? A fatal mistake? Or a spanking?
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If you want to be that weirdo with their kids on a leash like a dog then that’s your right. Some parents prefer discipline.
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Hand holding, no leashes...clearly you are not a parent and think of kids as pets, not I.
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Most boys after age 4-5 hate having to hold their mom’s hand.. how will you make them? Hit them?
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That wasn't true in my case. My son 8 or 9 before he felt awkward. It's amazing how many non parents have opinions about raising & disciplining children.
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Our principle had a paddle, and it was used.
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So what do you suggest instead? Especially for toddlers who can't reason well yet?
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Try being an alert parent from the start who redirects before the child does something wrong. But that takes making your child your central focus, time, consistency and energy too many people don’t want to bother with. Easier to spank after the fact.
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Thanks...But you didn't answer the question. Let me reword it more clearly; How do you discipline a child when they continue to disobey? Especially if the child is too young to understand logic and reason?
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You are the grown up and control the situation by being more persistent in your redirection than they are in their bad choices.
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So a two year old will never be blatantly disobedient, even to the point of harming themselves, if you're just patient enough?
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Two year olds can’t be “blatantly disobedient”. Their brains don’t work that way. You are ascribing adult behavior to a toddler implying they are misbehaving just to disobey you. They are simply impulse driven. You have to help them control that.
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Really? So when they look you in the eye, knowing that what they are about to do is wrong, because they have done it before, and because you've told them not to several times, and they do it anyway...that's not blatant?
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That’s natural. They are testing their boundaries. They will continue to do that until they are grown. You can’t take it personally as if they are your peer.
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