Comments on: Disciplining a child http://www.daddeeyah.com/2008/02/21/disciplining-a-child/ Her first words. What will be his? Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:31:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: toddlerdaddy http://www.daddeeyah.com/2008/02/21/disciplining-a-child/comment-page-1/#comment-347 toddlerdaddy Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:33:25 +0000 http://www.daddeeyah.com/2008/02/21/disciplining-a-child/#comment-347 I think the toddler raising of the hand thing is actually an ingrained / defence mechanism that we are born with. One of those things that we do instinctively from the days when survival could have been reliant on it, so I wouldn't be that concerned about it. We just have 'time outs' that involve being sat down until you apologise for what you have done wrong. Although we have had to extend to being for 3 minutes as Little Miss would just sit down and instantly apologise without even thinking about it - they leanr too quickly at times <em>toddlerdaddy's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Toddlerdaddycom/~3/241423440/' rel="nofollow">Toddler Daredevil = Injured Daddy</a></em> I think the toddler raising of the hand thing is actually an ingrained / defence mechanism that we are born with. One of those things that we do instinctively from the days when survival could have been reliant on it, so I wouldn’t be that concerned about it.

We just have ‘time outs’ that involve being sat down until you apologise for what you have done wrong. Although we have had to extend to being for 3 minutes as Little Miss would just sit down and instantly apologise without even thinking about it – they leanr too quickly at times

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]]> By: Ann http://www.daddeeyah.com/2008/02/21/disciplining-a-child/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Ann Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:37:53 +0000 http://www.daddeeyah.com/2008/02/21/disciplining-a-child/#comment-335 ooohhh....maybe she picked it up from them! Kids always pick up bad things faster than good ones. I am not sure if sending to the corner will scar Caitlin if you are all a touching family. Emotional hurt as we know it is always harder on the soul than physical hurt! Not sure about this discipline method. Though raising hands to hit in a 3 year old seems a very scary act of defiance. <em>Ann's last blog post..<a href='http://2ann.blogspot.com/2008/02/stuffy-noses-best-buddy.html' rel="nofollow">Stuffy nose's best buddy!</a></em> ooohhh….maybe she picked it up from them! Kids always pick up bad things faster than good ones.

I am not sure if sending to the corner will scar Caitlin if you are all a touching family. Emotional hurt as we know it is always harder on the soul than physical hurt!

Not sure about this discipline method. Though raising hands to hit in a 3 year old seems a very scary act of defiance.

Ann’s last blog post..Stuffy nose’s best buddy!

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