Parenting

give me your 5/6 year old discipline techniques.

too old for timeout.

spanking is not ok.

The defiance and talking back is about to push me over the edge.

Grounding her?

Taking away everything?

What do you do when they are upset and out of control.  If I ignore, it gets worse.  If I engage her and try to 'discuss' the problem, it gets worse.  If I try to punish it gets worse. 

 

Re: give me your 5/6 year old discipline techniques.

  • When I was a kid, my mom would punish me by making me do chores. I had to weed her garden, or clean the floors. I have to say, it worked because I hated weeding.
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  • My SIL used to tell my neice that if she couldn't get control of herself, she'd have to go to her room.  It worked pretty well.  She either calmed down or went to her room to calm down. My neice was off the hook with the drama at 5 y/o.
    DS1 age 7, DD age 5 and DS2 born 4/3/12
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  • Alissa still gets timeout. She loves, loves, loves her Nintendo DS, so she loses that if she gets in trouble. Honestly, timeout still works for us. She has a little chair and she hates it with a passion.
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    Alissa Jean

    9.10.2004
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    My SIL used to tell my neice that if she couldn't get control of herself, she'd have to go to her room.  It worked pretty well.  She either calmed down or went to her room to calm down. My neice was off the hook with the drama at 5 y/o.

    This.  I watch a 6yo and a 3yo a few days a week and the rule we have is that it's okay to be cranky and unreasonable and cry - but only in your own room, because the rest of us don't want to hear it.  When the 6yo gets overly dramatic, I ask him if he wants to talk about it or if he just needs some time to himself in his room.  He usually picks "room" and eventually comes out better.

    ~Mom to an amazing Jan 2011 boy~
    ~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~

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