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[quote=Anonymous]I am in a disciplinary rut where my 6 year old son, who is EXTREMELY impulsive when it comes to things like keeping his hands to himself (not grabbing stuff from his sister, listening when we tell him to stop touching something, not hitting his sister when he's frustrated, sitting still, not getting up 436469 times a meal at the dinner table, not talking back, etc), and who is extremely bad at listening in general because he's VERY immature for his age (cue crying fit at Dunkin Donuts because we told him he had to share the donut because they only had 1 left), and impulsive, that we're constantly yelling at him, threatening to punish him (if you do that again, you're not getting your TV show later today, if you do that again, you're not getting the treat we discussed) or offering bribery (if you sit and behave through this doctors appointment, we can get ice cream on the way home)

it's either threat of deprivation of privilege (TV, dessert, etc) or offer of bribery of reward (TV, video games, dessert) or just plain yelling "YOU HIT YOUR SISTER!  GO TO YOUR ROOM!  that's totally unacceptable!"

I know the whole "positive parenting" school of thought, but it's like when we dont discipline and be strict, he walks all over us and acts like a maniac, but when we get stern and punish, it seems to make him rebel too.

GAAAHHHHH.

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