Time-outs & Grounding
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Do You Ground Your Kids to Their Room?
Asked by B.C. from Dallas
on December 7, 2010
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My 9 year old lied to us last night and for a punishment, her daddy told her that she's grounded to her room with no tv for 2 days. I'm gonna back him up on what he to...
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- You are a softy. and 2 days is nothing. if this this is a repeated offense I'd prob have said a week. Lying is a serious offense in our house.
- I've done more for less.
- Personnaly, I never thought that sending a kid to their room (where their toys are) is much of a punishment at all. I would make her write something like "I will be h...
Do You Ground from Activities You Pay For?
Asked by N.S. from Chicago
on November 23, 2010
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I'm just wondering if you ground your kids from the activities you pay for like sports. So far we just ground from TV, phone, playdates, etc. I haven't been able to br...
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- if they enjoy it, and it's a something that will 'nip' it in the bud, then yeah, fair game. maybe tell them, keep it up and you're not playing next season?? if you rea...
- I am not a grounder at all - yet. I still have 2 more soon to be teens to raise. When I was growing up and I watched my girlfriends get 'grounded' for some odd rea...
- No, I believe there are much more important things, to kids, than keeping them from something that is usually a team effort where they are depending on this child to b...
Drinking ~1St Time Caught ... He Is 15
Asked by A.H. from New York
on March 19, 2011
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Ok my son came home after being out with friends. I took one look at his eyes... and I knew. I asked did you drink or smoke. He said he had a cup of beer.. i figured a...
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- I'm not even going to read the other answers because they usually piss me off...whether you drinnk or not does not matter..YOU ARE THE ADULT..HE IS NOT! IT'S DO AS I S...
- i think you handled this exactly right. khairete S.
- I agree with the people that say the key is helping him figure out "cool" ways of saying no, or avoiding the issue. I had one friend who didn't want to drink while she...
Disipline/ Time Out for Almost 3 Year Old
Asked by B.S. from New York
on February 11, 2012
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My little girl will be 3 in May. Can anyone offer any tips on giving time out at this age? It does not seem to be effective when I do so. She is a tough kid. She has...
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- Time out does not work well in kids this age that do not have any issues to begin with. It is not age appropriate, they don't have the network in their brains yet to a...
- Three is getting too old for this, and time outs are extremely ineffective for certain offenses. The Book Back to Basics Discipline by Janet Campbell Matson is great ...
- My son sees a behavioral therapist and she has given me her thoughts on time outs. Time outs are more to interrupt the behavior than something to actually teach them ...
My Teenager Wants to Be Gone All the Time - How Much Is Too Much?
Asked by D.W. from Kansas City
on October 19, 2006
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My son is 14 and I can't seem to keep him at home. I don't want to be a bummer of a mom but I also worry that he is still too young to be gone so much. If I didn't s...
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- Hi D., I also am raising a 14 year old. She doesn't want to be here either. I do make her stay here because unlike your son, her grades are bad. I think that...
- Hi D., You're the parent and you have to decide what's best for your son. It's great that he's making friends, you know where he is, and his grades are good but ha...
- i don't have a teenager so i can't say i know what to do but do you at least know the kids he is hanging out with every night? i think that during school weeks he shou...
Getting Toddlers and Young Kids to School on Time
Asked by L.E. from Los Angeles
on December 14, 2010
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Hi All,
I am having a lot of trouble getting my two young children (ages 4 and 3) to school on time, especially when my husband is out of town (approximately 50% of...
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- I would say the biggest thing you can do is put them to bed earlier. I have kids in that age range and for them to wake up at 6:30ish I have to have them asleep befor...
- To be honest here is what i see wrong with this statement in general, Your youngest "demands milk".. say NO They refuse to get ready.. are they actually given an o...
- your problem is that you are allowing the kids to be in charge... take charge, be firm and consistant, barring mental health or medical issues, they WILL snap into sh...
Help Sister's Fight All the Time
Asked by L.W. from Dayton
on July 1, 2008
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I have two daughters. They are 13 and 9 years old. The problem is all they do is fight with each other. It is so bad that my parents can't take it ( they watch them ...
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- Hi L., Wow..when I was younger my little sister and I and even my older step sisters went through the same thing. And its much easier to deal with when you have exper...
- They need to have SEPERATE working/playing corners at times and times when they play together. Acknowledge and "reward" each of them for appropriate behavior and/or h...
- I'm probably going to be going "against the grain" but I tend to think it's a double-edged sword. Yes, they both need their own space, but it wouldn't hurt to have th...
We Can't Agree on Discipline!
Asked by N.G. from Dallas
on April 1, 2011
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My 7-year-old daughter came home from school today, and she had gotten her folder signed twice (a 'folder sign' is what happens if they break a rule). She had also go...
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- Well, these were the second and third times this week that your daughter broke classroom rules. Apparently her punishment earlier this week didn't phase her much if sh...
- you are both parents and you have to stand united- I understand you might not agree with your husband but here is how it is. He was home she got in trouble he discipl...
- your daughter "beats herself up enough....." & she knows you don't believe in grounding....sounds to me like you are being played by your 7 yr old, which is very commo...
How Much Is Too Much Grounding/punishment!
Asked by C.V. from Los Angeles
on November 14, 2011
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My daughter seems to be grounded all the time and punished cause shes always acting bad/ not listening... but i was thinking is me punishing her too much making it wor...
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- We only have used grounding when it 'fit' the offense. In other words, if my child went down the street to a friends and didn't come home when he was supposed to. Or...
- Hi C., I found out about a program called Grooming the Next Generation when I had a friend, who had three children all under 5 all well-behaved! It’s a program tau...
- Good catch Denise....this is your girlfriend's daughter that is having a lot of trouble with your relationship and wants her mother's interaction. Grounding obviously...
Consequences for Teens
Asked by C.A. from San Luis Obispo
on March 4, 2011
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My 15 year old daughter is currently grounded for lying, buying alcohol, and sharing the alcohol with someone else. This all happened two months after she got off gro...
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- I have a tough time with this myself and when I addressed the problem with her counselor, he told me that long punishments almost never do any good. It's not about how...
- Ok my question is why aren't the consequences working? I would think a teen who lost those privledges would be freaking out. What is going that she is doing these th...
- Have you asked her what she thinks an appropriate discipline would be? A month of grounding isn't enough to deter her from theses risky behaviors - maybe she has a bet...
