Anonymous
09/28/2025 18:16
Subject: How do you discipline “tone” and talking back?
“Try again in a better tone.”
Anonymous
09/28/2025 16:51
Subject: How do you discipline “tone” and talking back?
Anonymous wrote:My kid is pretty respectful to adults but he has a tendency to have a certain huffy “tone” with me when he doesn’t get his way. What’s the best way to discipline?
In a forceful voice state: No soup for you !
Seinfeld's Soup Nazi episode if you need an example.
Anonymous
09/28/2025 16:49
Subject: Re:How do you discipline “tone” and talking back?
Anonymous wrote:With my 12yo, all I have to do is give him a pointed look and say "excuse me?" That's enough for him.
For my DD, it's a combination of "Why don't you try that again" or "I'll be happy to hear what you have to say when you're able to speak to me in a respectful way" and then I stop engaging until she turns things around. I've also told her "speaking to me like that isn't going to get you what you want; you can be upset about my decision but you can't be rude."
This. Just say "I refuse to consider any request when spoken to in that manner". Better luck next time."
Anonymous
09/27/2025 10:02
Subject: How do you discipline “tone” and talking back?
And lord with the let’s have a long ass chat about.
You can definitely tell the generations by this thread. Gen-x (don’t spank (Boomers) but don’t Kumbaya and Sound Therapy the hell out of everything like Millenials)
You can definitely tell the generations by this thread. Gen-x (don’t spank (Boomers) but don’t Kumbaya and Sound Therapy the hell out of everything like Millenials)
Anonymous
09/27/2025 09:56
Subject: How do you discipline “tone” and talking back?
“Want to try that again in a different tone”
“It’s not what you said but how you said it”
Correct, not punish on this one.
“It’s not what you said but how you said it”
Correct, not punish on this one.
Anonymous
09/27/2025 08:00
Subject: How do you discipline “tone” and talking back?
“You wanna try that again?” said with an arched eyebrow and a hard stare. That usually has them repeat what they said in a better tone.
Anonymous
09/26/2025 21:09
Subject: Re:How do you discipline “tone” and talking back?
1 say it again without an attitude
2 go to your room and you can come out when you can talk without an attitude
2 go to your room and you can come out when you can talk without an attitude
Anonymous
09/26/2025 21:07
Subject: How do you discipline “tone” and talking back?
My kids would not dare to be disrespectful.