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Can we talk kids for a minute? I'm really surprised that we've been able to raise a fairly well-disciplined child w/o having to spank

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Jul 21 '09, 06:19

we both agreed at the outset that we didn't want to spank abby, but would if time-outs didn't work.

i was very skeptical that time-outs would be effective, but they're proving to be much better than i thought they would. i guess the key is following through on them when you threaten them. i've always seen parents warn about giving timeouts multiple times w/o ever follwing through on them.

now that she's a little older, when the time-out ends, abby has to tell us what she did to earn the time-out. if she doesn't, she gets more time.

my inclination is that they'll grow less effective over time, but who knows.

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my older brother never needed spanking... - colinski Jul 21, 06:29 1
- You sound like my younger brother. My parents have told me I did nothing to prepare them for him. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 21, 06:42
When we put Michael in timeout, it always makes me think of the last scene in The Blair Witch Project. - Inigo Jul 21, 06:26 5
- Andrew loves timeout. Sometimes when's bad/bratty (like throwing the cat food, for example *grr*), he'll run to the timeout corner before we even - Don Homer Jul 21, 06:31 4
  - Hannah used to try and give herself timeouts. It was a control thing with her. - Inigo Jul 21, 06:37
  - Curious. Do they work as a deterrent when he's not so inclined? -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 06:32 2
    - No, but he's still young. We've stopped doing to for now. - Don Homer Jul 21, 06:36 1
      - /doing it/ -- nm - Don Homer Jul 21, 06:38
Well, what we found with our boys was that they'd stop a second and you could almost read their mind... - Jim Jul 21, 06:22 2
- yeah, that's more or less what i'm expecting -- nm - prayformojo Jul 21, 06:22
- This was as they got older, btw. -- nm - Jim Jul 21, 06:22
They always seem to work surprisingly well on Supernanny... - Cuzzin Todd Jul 21, 06:21

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Can we talk kids for a minute? I'm really surprised that we've been able to raise a fairly well-disciplined child w/o having to spank

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