A parent in another group found her daughter had poured what looks like soap all over the bathroom floor to make an ice rink. She said she yelled/sent her to bed early with no dinner. Here was my response: It looks like she was performing a good experiment. I would turn it into science. So what was your hypothesis here? How did you test it? Was your hypothesis confirmed? Now we cant move on until we clean up the entire experiment (natural consequence - she doesnt leave the bathroom until it is clean). Also, I might have her use her money to replace whatever soap she used (logical consequence). In punishing her you are making yourself the enemy instead of thinking in terms of, How can I help her to learn the most out of this situation?, in using food as a punishment, you are creating issues around eating (Food is withheld when I feel bad so I will eat more and feel better emotionally), and in using bedtime as a punishment, you are making sleep a power struggle that she will resist. We all have frustrating times mama, just think about being a role model and how you would hope she would react if she were frustrated.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 01:05:52 +0000
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