Questions tagged [discipline]
How to enforce the rules you set, and consequences when those rules are broken. Use [behavior] for questions about why children act the way they do.
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How do you reduce the anger a mother feels towards her child?
I met a woman and things have been going well. Recently she has introduced me to her family (older sister and a niece). Her older sister is a widow.
Over the past couple of months, I've grown quite ...
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Should I bother trying to teach my niece I won't respond to tantrums if I only see her once a month and risk her mom undermining me if I don't give in
I get to see my niece roughly once a month. Her mother, who is raising her, is not related to me, but we get along well enough. Unfortunately the mother allows her daughter to get away with throwing ...
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non-militant approach to potty training
I have heard a variety of styles of potty-training and the ones I have been told of struck me as somewhat militant. This is not to say that discipline is something I want to ignore in my kids' lives, ...
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5 year old wants to lie, hide things, destroy others stuff, and is only nice to people when he gets what he wants
My 5 year old has been acting out terribly and I’m at a loss. My husband isn’t helping at all with parenting anymore for this one (the 5 year old his his) or the other two kids.
The youngest is the ...
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My 5 year is taking advantage of my wife's clinical anxiety and depression
My 5 year old acts up around his mother, especially if other people are around. She has clinical anxiety, she's taking antidepressants.
It's not his fault, he noticed that he can get what he wants if ...
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8 year old boy lying and disrespectful
Our 8 year old, talks back a lot and started lying! Last night there was an argument over him lying about taking a shower so I said, this isn't the first time this week you lied about taking a shower ...
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How to discourage toddler from pulling out chairs when he loves to be picked up
My sweet 2 year old boy has developed a new dangerous habit.
He loves to pull out chairs from the table, and will frequently try to climb up on top of them and onto the table as well. Naturally we ...
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How to make positive reinforcement effective when the other parent does not adopt this approach?
My children are two years and nine months old. Their mother and I have separated and we share parenting time. She and I have very different parenting philosophies. I adhere to positive reinforcement ...
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boy (4 years) generally well-behaved but misbehaves when mom is around
My son (4 years and 3 months) is generally well-behaved. There is no trouble in kindergarten, no trouble at grandma's place and not even much trouble at home with his dad. He knows the rules and ...
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Are my parents right to give me a severe punishment for being brought home by the police drunk? I am 16 [closed]
Are my parents right to take such drastic action to stop me drinking alcohol underage? In the past couple of weeks I have been coming home drunk (not on school nights) my parents said they are worried ...
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how to get rid of angry outbursts in a healthy way
Our son, 3.75 years old, gets frustrated fairly easily (e.g. zipper gets stuck when he dresses, tower of building blocks collapses unintentionally). Often this results in him stomping and/or throwing ...
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How to make sure that a child does never repeat certain extremely dangerous actions if the child is too young to understand the dangers?
First of all, I understand and accept that spanking children is wrong in any and all cases and should never be employed.
However, there are two cases when I'd tend to excuse spanking and this is one ...
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How to handle situation when a mother gives her child preferential treatment and is defensive about it?
So the full details of my involvement and actual relationship with my 'friend' and her child are a bit too complicated and distracting to go into right now. For now lets say that I love kids and have ...
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teaching to take care of one's belongings (at least the dear ones)
My son loves balance bikes. He got his first one with 2 and second (larger) with 3. Every morning he could choose whether he wanted to use the old or new one for the way to kindergarten, and he mostly ...
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Should I allow my child to drop an activity just because he’s lost interest?
We encourage our 7 y/o child with adhd to experience different activities that interest him and also help him with social skills. He is impulsive and is eager to participate but loses interest quickly ...
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