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Need Help with Discipline
Asked by M.G. from Dallas
on June 22, 2009
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Im having trouble with my four year old. It seems that ever since the new baby was born she dosent listen. Simple tasks that I ask her to do such as picking up her sho...
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- Since it seems like the negative reinforcement isn't working with her - maybe turn it around and try to use positive reinforcement and catch her doing good things. Pra...
- spend some alone time with her, doing something fun and girly, for a couple of weekends in a row, then the third time, use that alone time (just part of it, not the wh...
- Siblings without Rivalry is a great book. http://www.amazon.com/Siblings-Without-Rivalry-Children-Together/dp/0380799006/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245760044&sr=8...
Appropriate Punishment
Asked by M.J. from Washington DC
on June 19, 2008
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When my daughter was 3 yrs old, she put beads in her ears which needed to be surgically removed. The situation left quite an impression on her and we've had many conv...
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- I think that the doctor's appt and having it removed will be punishment enough. You can talk and talk at this age but she is curious and will forget and do it. I thin...
- i would thik anything that happens at the drs office would be punishment enough.
- Wow, your girls are something. My daughter did that once and had to go through getting something removed from her ears at the doctor's office. It scarred her so bad ...
Child Misbehaving in School.
Asked by D.M. from Detroit
on September 10, 2008
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My son is 5 and just started Kindergarten. The school he attends seems to have a pretty structured program. My son did attend 6 months of preschool, but it was not as ...
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- Not many others will probably think this, but I think 5 is very young to start school, especially for a boy. Wait a year and I think you'd see vast improvement. Kids...
- Also depending where you live some districts have a young 5 program that I think would prepare him for more structure but not throw him right into the strict structure
- D., My son is 5 also and started Young 5's this year. What you are describing sounds typical of what I have been observing in his classroom. The Young 5's p...
