Saturday, November 20, 2021

Children do this...

 So my daughter entered this scream and cry stage at about 3.


 If she did something and I sent her to time out, she sits there and scream "NO!"

Arrgh, what was this new thing?

I didn't like it at all, and it freaked me out every time because she would do it differently.

What actually made it worse is that she started to do this in front of visitors, and it was kind of embarrassing.

But a thinking mommy always came up with a good idea.

What did I start doing, since shes' began this screaming and "NO!" 

Well, I started sitting her in a quiet room with a book and tell her to read. She loved looking for words she knew, so she actually enjoyed her reading time spurts. Instead of time-out, with no progress I get her to calm down and to read at one time. After she read, we acknowledge her behavior and I tell her why/how what she did was no good and how we can do better for next time.

Amazing thinking on my behalf to switch it up a bit, but I'm sure there's much more to come.

So at least I'm thinking of new ways of discipline (teach). Yay smart momma!

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