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Discipline Techniques for a Three-Year-Old

The reward-and-punishment system does a poor job at teaching kids to be responsible for their own behavior; it makes parents responsible for it.
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Posted by Fishman
August 17, 2009 11:13 AM
Re: Discipline Techniques for a Three-Year-Old
It can be hard for parents dealing with child behavior discipline. Setting limits, giving effective consequences and holding them responsible for their own behavior.
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Posted by mmitchell
August 1, 2009 3:08 PM
Natural consequences sound good in theory, but...
I like the sound of natural consequences, but the examples given are ridiculous. "Kids who refuse to eat get hungry." My kid refuses to eat, and subsequently gets unbearably irritable. She can hold out for quite some time this way. Also, "Kids who refuse to go outside don't get to have fun." I've tried this one many times, and the only thing that happens is that we all get cooped up in the house for the entire day. We end up miserable. We have a much better day if I just drag her outside and we all run around. Could you provide some examples that are more reasonable?
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Posted by zberk
June 2, 2009 5:31 PM
What about a 3-year old that runs away
Our daughter runs away when called. She picked this up from a friend (whom she no longer sees). Complicating this, my wife is 8 months pregnant and cannot chase our daughter and after the baby is born she won't be able to chase her either. If I'm present, I can chase her, but we need to stop this behavior. Our daughter knows she shouldn't do this and says she either doesn't know why she does it or sometimes says it's fun. I shudder to think of natural consequences of running away - hit by car, abducted, etc. What to do?
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