Originally Posted by Rosey
I think parents need to have control over their children and mine knows she better behave. When she was about 2, we went to the mall and she was really unhappy about the fact that I had said no to buying her a toy and she started pitching a fit. I mean a hurl-yourself-on-the-ground screaming and kicking fit. I told her she better knock it off or we're leaving.
So what did she do? She screamed louder....so i took her, held her under my arm and we left and she screamed the entire way out to the car.
And yes, she got spanked too.
I totally belive in spankings..if they work for your child.
There was a time where that stopped working and time outs worked better so that's what we did.
Now it's loss of priviledges. That works wonders.
I think the key is going through with your threat. If you say you're going to do something..then do it.
I always tell my daughter "it was your choice, you knew the consequences, you're the one who decided. If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at yourself for making a bad decision".