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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I may be speaking too soon because my "difficult" child is the youngest of three and only 2 years old. My other 2 kids are pretty well-behaved and listen. At school, she gives the teachers NO problems and will use the potty. It's a different story at home. She has accidents on herself, runs off when we tell her to stop doing something and just seems to enjoy getting us worked up as well as her siblings.

It's extremely frustrating and I try my best to acknowledge that she may be doing it for attention or her behavior may be due to lack of sleep (she doesn't nap at home). It does not help that she was our "oops" baby and even responding to this post alone makes me feel guilty! I often have to take breaks and check myself because I know spanking is not the answer but I haven't figured an effective method out yet. [/quote]

[b]If spanking truly worked you wouldn't have to do it more than once[/b]. You're spanking out of anger and frustration which is exactly the WRONG time to spank (though I think there is no right time). [/quote]

NP.  This is a funny thing to post.  Time-outs, reminders, scripting, the stoplights that some schools still use, behavior charts, etc. Every type of discipline needs repetition, doesn't work the first time.

Telling a new parent that if something works that you'll only need to do it once is bizarre. That's not how kids leave, that's not how parents parent.[/quote]

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