Kindergartener told me to "shut up"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's copying from school. Continue to do what you are doing.

The same way my DS copied from his K's fellows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's copying from school. Continue to do what you are doing.

What?! My children have never told me to shut up. What school is she going to?!

My kid is slightly older. At a different school past few years, transferred and the language out of him is horrible. When I have been in the classroom, he's clearly copying and experimenting.

[Anonymous]

Five grown kids. They have never told me to shut up. Not one time.

Here is how I would handle it - "We do not say shut up. Ever. Not to mommy. Not to daddy. Not to sister. Not to our friends. Not even to the dog. I have told you twice not to say that. The next time you use those words, you will spend the rest of the evening in your room by yourself. And you will go to bed with no dessert and no story time. Do you understand me?"

Change it up to use whatever punishment works and follow through. In our house, "shut up" would have meant a good pop on the bottom. But I get that parents in DC never spank. We have never tolerated disrespectful behavior. At five, your daughter should know better.

[Anonymous]

Either spank or wash her mouth out with soap

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Either spank or wash her mouth out with soap[/quote]

Great! Use cruelty to make to point that disrespect is bad.

Sorry, but that's the kind of bullying parenting that I'll just create more anger and resentment. Your elementary aged kids may be "well-behaved" as a result of this kind of discipline, but wait until they hit their teens.

The best way to deal with disrespectful behavior is a commensurate consequence, I,e, revocation of a privilege or allowance, etc. and, parents moving respectful behavior -- towards each other and toward their children.

It's a bit much to treat your children disrespectfully -- roughly and vengefully -- then expect them to treat you respectfully.

[Anonymous]

Eh, my kids are grown, we're great friends. Discipline has worked for thousands of years and all of a sudden you want to reason with your kids. If it worked, it would have been done years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either spank or wash her mouth out with soap

+1

Obviously your wimpy touchy feely approach is not working.

[Anonymous]

Agree with above. A swift slap in the mouth would likely be effective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Five grown kids. They have never told me to shut up. Not one time.

Here is how I would handle it - "We do not say shut up. Ever. Not to mommy. Not to daddy. Not to sister. Not to our friends. Not even to the dog. I have told you twice not to say that. The next time you use those words, you will spend the rest of the evening in your room by yourself. And you will go to bed with no dessert and no story time. Do you understand me?"

Change it up to use whatever punishment works and follow through. In our house, "shut up" would have meant a good pop on the bottom. But I get that parents in DC never spank. We have never tolerated disrespectful behavior. At five, your daughter should know better.

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