I just smack them on their hands if they are doing something they aren’t supposed to. I tell them no once, the next time I don’t even say anything, they just get smacked.
My husband does the same thing.
My middle daughter, we don’t even have to really smack her anymore, we just raise our voice and she listens. She’s so sensitive lol
We only smack her if she isn’t listening about playing with an outlet cover.
I will say that when the oldest is throwing a fit, smacking doesn’t help cuz she is so into her feelings, she sees no reason. That’s when I stick her in the room and let her get everything out. Sounds like someone is killing her but she’s just laying in her play tent 🤷🏽‍♀️

3 1/2 I’ve clapped her butt but realized it doesn’t do much. It just scares her and then I just feel guilty afterwards. I’ve yelled at her out of frustration but the outcome is the same. So now I opt for walking away take whatever she likes or she’s using and when she’s ready to come to me I explain to her why she’s in trouble, why whatever got taken away, why we left a place etc... and I make her say sorry to mommy.

I’ve tried all forms of discipline with my daughter but nothing works. She continues to disobey and act out regardless of the punishment. If she is hitting or pushing her brother or talking back to me a lot then I take away her iPad time and tell her she needs to work on her behavior. You just have to do whatever works because their behavior gets worse as they get smarter. I thought 2 and 3 were bad, but 4 is way worse 😩

Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment back. I have one more question. Those who put their kids in time out I've heard that it must be in the same place every time. Question is, what if we are not home?

2 1/2 I spank my kid but it don't do anything she just looks at me like I'm dumb and I do time just 2 mins bcuz she is 2 normally give in about 1 min in lol

I lightly swat my son on the hand or diaper when he hits me but he just gets pissed off and hits me again. I’ve started doing quiet time when he gets like that, i give him water in a sippy, put him in his crib and he cries a little but stops after a minute.

We do time out in our house

I waited until 3 to start swatting with both children.

We do 2min timeouts.
But, she is still within eye sight.
I don’t know how much longer that will work for us though, as she’s starting to enjoy them. She sits in her chair and sings to herself for the 2mins and then goes right back to being naughty. 🙄