Comments on: Try This Tuesday #35: Disciplining Your Child

By: Amazing_Grace

Amazing_Grace — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:39:04 +0000

I have a game at my blog for Back Talk that I made that might help your child understand what backtalk is and what they should say.

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:09:26 +0000

I have definitely found that my own behavior and reactions are much more calm when I remember that I am only in control of how I act and not how my son acts. I can’t make him behave, but I can give the expectations and the consequences for his behavior.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:42:55 +0000

Mother of teens checking-in…often, in order to effect a change in behavior in our children we had to change something about our own behavior.

You provide great references for people to choose from. The rewards change for teens, and that is a place for what I call leverage – requiring a certain behavior for a reward. Call that what you want, but it is the way the adult world works, and is good practice for pre-adults.

By: Karin

Karin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:57:04 +0000

I think you said it best with this statement: “Every child is unique and requires an individual approach, and I am not suggesting that everyone should follow this method of child discipline.”

By: rickismom

rickismom — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:48:15 +0000

Yes, it is basically the same path, but there are differences….

By: Maddy

Maddy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:21:21 +0000

I thunk and thunk and thunk about this one but although my eldest is now 27, she was / is typical and I didn’t think I could give a fair representation, so I just gave a pointer instead.

Having just had the parent teacher conference with my pre-teen though, we started chatting about the teachers own older children which tweaked a few buttons.

Overall, I think it’s the same fundamental approach, we know that as they grow they learn what buttons to press, they know how we’ll react, a cool head and the ability to remain calm is as important when they’re teens as when they’re semi adults.
Best wishes and thanks for a great topic, although I’m not there yet with the current ‘mob’ I always like to look ahead and anticipate issues that I know we’re going to have to tackle.
Cheers