Creative Discipline

[Anonymous]

I just saw this article, and thought this mom was genius for coming up with a creative and effective way to get her kid to behave. She had her kid drop and do 10 pushups in a store bathroom to get him to calm down and listen to her.

What do you do that's out of the norm and works?

https://cnn.it/2VCcTVg

[Anonymous]

I think its absurd in a public place and don't see it as effective as she should have left or taken him outside or very quick trip. I didn't like how she was holding the younger child and didn't think it was right for a stranger to post it.

[Anonymous]

When they were driving me nuts with hyped up energy I made them do 10 things, 10 times (each). They could pick what but it was fitness or energy expending stuff.

I would not do that as punishment though, nor in public.
I would not have my child put their hands on a public bathroom floor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think its absurd in a public place and don't see it as effective as she should have left or taken him outside or very quick trip. I didn't like how she was holding the younger child and didn't think it was right for a stranger to post it.

+1, it was disturbing to look at the picture. I don't believe in shame based parenting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think its absurd in a public place and don't see it as effective as she should have left or taken him outside or very quick trip. I didn't like how she was holding the younger child and didn't think it was right for a stranger to post it.

+1, it was disturbing to look at the picture. I don't believe in shame based parenting.

The stranger was shame parenting, not the mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think its absurd in a public place and don't see it as effective as she should have left or taken him outside or very quick trip. I didn't like how she was holding the younger child and didn't think it was right for a stranger to post it.

+1, it was disturbing to look at the picture. I don't believe in shame based parenting.

The stranger was shame parenting, not the mom.

Did you scroll down to read the mother's comments in the article?

[Anonymous]

Kingston has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiance disorder, according to Harper Quinn. This means he purposefully does things she asks him not to do because of a neurological brain impulse.

"I took him to the bathroom and I said drop and give me 10 pushups," she said. "And he was back talking me about how dirty and gross the bathroom floor was and I said 'well if you don't quit you're going to give me 10 more.'"

[Anonymous]

As long as it's not abusive, I'm a fan of whatever works. In this situation, it worked for this family.