How do you punish your 2 yr. Old when they're bad? We do time outs, no tv.,take toys away, but wondering if there is another way
My daughter is mean to her brother. She get basically grounded from any electronic and I make her go and apologize and give him hugs. She hasn't been mean to him in awhile. With food and stuff like that if my daughter or son dont eat it then no dessert I am not a Restaurant. So they will go hungry or they will eat it. If a child is hungry enough they will eat whatever you give them. Exactly what my pediatrician said. Honestly it's the truth.
They're not bad 😞 they're just learning. Redirect, be consistent. If you can give an example, perhaps we can help with solutions. Theres also a peaceful pare thing group that's immensely helpful.
@natcasey9, My daughter does that. She throws it on the floor or spits it out. I tell her that “ That is not nice. And no throwing food or spitting. And to eat it “. I do take away the food for like 10-15 minutes and try again. If she throws a fit, i just sit there and ignore her 🤷🏻♀️ I usually ask if she’s done. And sometimes she calms down and we try again. I do my best not to raise my voice. I dont want to scare her, i just want her to understand what she is doing is wrong. It definitely takes a lot of patience.
@natcasey9 girl I've been wondering the same thing my daughter has been the same way. She's finally getting better. She has to stand in the corner she's learnt when she's done something she's not suppose to and goes to the corner on her own. I tried popping her & that didn't work & I hated doing it so we started doing the corner.
@natcasey9 I'd try to remedy the situation before it gets to throwing. For instance this morning I made toast, yogurt and fruit for breakfast and my kiddo decided he wanted pancakes. So I told him that sounded delicious and was a great idea. I said eat this today since it's already made, tomorrow you can help me make pancakes and perhaps he could pick out lunch. If he escalated I'd have him step away from the table and try to work through the emotions. If it got to the point of throwing the food, id have him help me clean and explain why that's not the way to handle.
Spanking but I'm not totally for spanking. Our pediatrician told us to let them throw a temper tantrum when you tell them no or put them in time out. When our daughter doesnt get what she wants and throws a temper tantrum we tell her that she can come talk to us when she stops crying. Then we talk about it and move on. We try not to say no. We try to say how about this or you can do that another day or something like that.
I tell my daughter tantrums don't fly. When she gets really bad I ignore her. The majority of the time she calms down within 5 min and then ill ask her what is wrong. When she gets really bad I have to start taking things away like if she throws something. It gets locked in the laundry room until she relaxes. I avoid spanking only because the one time I tried it she thought it was a game and hit me and laughed. She knows now (after a year) that if I completely ignore her she did something wrong and seems to just want a hug after the quick tantrum.