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those who use positive discipline

meg1974meg1974 member
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I read the book and agree with most of what it says, but I'm having a hard time implementing some of it. The main thing I'm struggling with is DD pushing her little sister. She does it for no reason (no toys involved, etc.). She just sits there and pushes her over and over again, and laughs about it. I've tried talking to her about why she does it (she doesn't answer me), talking about the feelings involved, etc. The only natural consequence I can think of is that she doesn't get to play with her sister or has to play alone, but she doesn't care about that. She actually likes to play alone. I tried asking her for ways she can treat her sister right, and she just says "I don't know." 

So, what do you do when reasoning with them doesn't work? 



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Re: those who use positive discipline

  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
    What was really effective for that when my older child pushed his little sister was pick up the baby and shower her with attention. I would turn my back to ignore him and walk away, while over the top dramatically saying to the baby "that must have hurt when brother pushed you, I'm sorry" and giving her lots of hugs and kisses. After a minute or so of this spectacle, I would go back to DS and reiterate pushing his sister hurt her and he shouldn't do it. If he did it again, I'd repeat that. Naturally, getting ignored while his sibling got tons of attention wasn't that much fun and it lost its appeal.
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