How to Discipline Children Reviews

I am the mother of a two and a half year old toddler who is generally a very good boy but on some days I truly believe would test the patience of a saint. I read a book while pregnant that stated that the tantrums are a sign of normal development so take comfort from this. One thing about being a parent is that for some reason everyone ...  Read the complete review

Chastising children today is very hard despite a clip round the ear or a slap on the leg being acceptable years ago. And today it is classed as abuse. It never did me any harm to receive a clip round the ear when i was younger , if and when i got one i knew i had overstepped the mark, pushed my parent to the limit ,and it has stood me ...  Read the complete review

Disciplining a child is a very tricky subject. I always have to be very cautios, I have three daughters, and they have been known to test me in the past. The worst is outdoors in the public. I hate having to discipline my children then, because I always feel like a million pairs of eyes are on me, judging my actions. In the last few days ...  Read the complete review

When I was a child I certainly wasn't beaten, but if I over stepped the mark I would have a smack across the back of the legs and it would sting like mad. My parents were modern and cool and loved both me and my sister dearly. There was no malicious agenda in giving us a smack, just their way of instilling discipline in us in order to understand ...  Read the complete review

I'm too young to have had any of my own children, but doesn't mean i don't know anything about disciplining a child or the importance of it. The children of these days are becoming more and more rude and disrespectful because parents aren't disciplining their children, or at least are doing little of it. For some reason the idea has ...  Read the complete review

Being a mother to two chidren, I totally agree that discipline is needed to sculpt your child behaviour and also to teach them right from wrong and to generally sculpt them as people. I think the big question is how you should do it. Living with a teenager and a toddler is a nightmare in my house, not only am I trying not to fight with ...  Read the complete review

The word discipline comes from the word disciple - a pupil. Today it has come to mean 'punishment'. I prefer the original root of the word. Having brought up three children, and owned dogs large and small, I'm amazed that the same results are achieved by the same correct discipline. I just wished I'd known it when I had my first child, ...  Read the complete review

I have slightly unorthodox ways of discipling my two step kids. Some of you will find these a bit harsh, but hey, it works for me. I've lived wife my kids for nearly six years and they are very different children. That in itself is a good thing. They are no strangers to discipline and theyoften push me to the limit. Now, I ...  Read the complete review

'Spare the rod spoil the child' - it's from the Bible and I agree with it.

There are so many ways to 'discipline' a child, and to be honest there is no one way which will effectively discipline every child you have. My brother was a terrible toddler, he enjoyed exploring and had difficulty knowing what was dangerous and what was not. He was also a very very clever child and when my mother would threaten him ...  Read the complete review

As a child, I was occasionally smacked when I was very bad. I was told off. I was given subtle or not so subtle warnings. So were my siblings. So were my parents. So were their parents and.. you get the idea. But lo and behold, none of us have turned out any worse off for it. I'm not a parent so I can't be held account for any ...  Read the complete review

When i was little and visited my nana, my mum always use to say to us if you misbehave you'll be in trouble when you get home.With that look on her face that means you dare show me up and you get such a hiding when i get you home you wont be able to sit down for a week,you knew she meant it. As soon as you walked through nana's door ...  Read the complete review

Being a parent is not the easiest thing in the world, and they certainly aren't born with an instruction manual - although that would definitely make things a lot easier! My sons are now ten and seven. I've been through (and come out of the other side) all of the toddler tantrums, the "brotherly issues", the "I hate you's" and ...  Read the complete review

disciplining children in my mind is not a difficult topic. every child has naughty days. this is natural. it is how parents that deal with it that shapes the childs discipline in the future. let them get away with things when they are younger an they become harder and harder to control. start early on and they learn. you dont need to smack a ...  Read the complete review

Everyone one who has children will know that getting the discipline right with children is very difficult to do but also very crucial. We have two children one girl who's six and a little boy whose 19 months, myself and my wife will often face many difficult decisions when deciding how we handle there more challenging ...  Read the complete review

Thinking back to my childhood and how I and my brother was disciplined, all I remember was my brother being smacked very hard for not coming home one night for his dinner . I don't remember myself being smacked although my mum has told me that I was. Which makes me wonder was smacking that terrible? If I can't even remember ...  Read the complete review

I have no children myself so maybe my opinions and thoughts would change as that happens in my future. However, being a Primary school teacher I know how to discipline children in my classroom and I feel disciplining children at home should be similar. I have seen all too often the spoilt brat, who never does any wrong in their parents eyes and ...  Read the complete review

I have to say, firstly that I could never smack my children, I don't have it in me to cause pain to someone I love. That said none of the arguments here are valid. Statistics are used here that only reflect social opinion (which seems to stem more from suggestion than from actual thought) not actual effects and the whole thing about effect ...  Read the complete review

Not being a mother myself, how I feel now about the way in which children should be disciplined is perhaps completely different to how I will actually act when I have kids myself, but I do still have opinions on the matter, and seeing various mothers ways of disciplining their kids has definitely given me a firm idea of how I wish to discipline my ...  Read the complete review

How to discipline children? There is no method that will work for all. I am mother to three, my eldest is 4 in April, my middle child is 2 and half and my baby is 3 months. When it comes to deciding how to discipline my children, I take quite a few factors into consideration. First of all, I prefer to pick my battles, so if it isn't ...  Read the complete review