How do/would you discipline your child?

[geonagual]

For parents
What do you do when your child has done something wrong?

This question is also for those of you who do not have children but may in the future. How do you plan to discipline?

geonagual Reviewed by geonagual on 05-11-2006. How do/would you discipline your child? For parents What do you do when your child has done something wrong? This question is also for those of you who do not have children but may in the future. How do you plan to discipline? Rating: 5

[MaryJaneintheCloset]

Usually we'll tell him to not do whatever he's doing to get in trouble... the first time, we're nice but stern. The second time, we're stern and we warn of a time out. The third time is a 3 minute time out in the corner... before we let him out we ask him if he knows what he did to get in trouble, we discuss the situation with him, he apologizes and goes on his merry way.

[cannabis campbell]

Be laid back, would never hit them, but i wouldn't be too strict if they piss me off i would take their weed.

[birdgirl73]

My son is grown and in college now and so doesn't face that problem any more. But when he was younger, time-outs worked like a charm. We had a spare bedroom that was very sparsely furnished. No computer. No TV. No nuthin. That was the time-out room, and it worked to help isolate him (briefly) and let him calm down and re-think his behavior. He didn't need that very often, but he's an only child and was very accustomed to getting what he wanted. So there would be times when we'd have to say no, and he could be very dramatic. Time outs are the way to go. I don't believe in hitting. I wasn't hit as a child, and I never struck my child, either.

When he was a teenager, we removed privileges when we needed to discipline him. He'd have to stay home and not go out and do stuff he wanted to do. Once we removed driving privileges when he was 16. Once he lost the use of his PC. Usually once was all it took, and then he'd toe the line.

[del...]

we never hit ours but did use the time-outs after one warning. the fear of us taking the car keys seemed to work the best when they got older and being given extra chores worked throughout their time with us. we also used rewards just as often, if not moreso as we did our best with positive reinforcement...lol, now that i reread that it sounds kinda like we could be talking about training puppies! not all that different i guess...

[friendowl]

i dont discipline i let em do whatever they want
after they fuck up they learn on there own
if they get real bad mom's will kick ass

[JunkYard]

"Knock him into next week"!

That's what my parents always said they'd do to me, lmao!

Seriously, though...there are so many different situations that arise it's hard to use just one method of dicipline. I usually go for warnings, then I start taking sh!t away. i.e computer, video games, t.v, stereos, etc...

Timeouts worked great when my son was younger, but they tend to grow out of that. Oh, I'll never 'hit' my child, but I came close the other day when he darted across the road w/o looking. He nearly got hit three times, and again when he made it to the front porch. (By me)

It scared the sh!t out of me, and I ended up yelling at him something furious...

He got the picture w/o me getting physical with him, though.

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

ehh i'd rather study their natural behaviors and try to understand them more before i decide to tell them what they can and cannot do.... but hey i dont really WANT kids in THIS fucked uped world... ed.


maybe if the world... i dunno... WORKED for everyone... i might consider kids, but untill this planet has a DRASTIC reduction of STUPID, i dont want to make anyone else suffer by forcing them to be here.


I WAS BORN AGAINST MY WILL!

[LIP]

My dad always used to hit me

[Drolover]

First time give them a warning if they dont listen then whoop them with a belt thats the only why they learn.