Princess T’s nine year old brother loves his sleep so much. He is so happy to brush his teeth and get ready for bed every night. He just can’t wait to get under his blankets and then in two minutes lights are out, and he’s in a deep sleep. However when it’s time for Princess T to go and brush her teeth, there’s always a moan, or an argument. Bed time has turned into an unpleasant issue.
So what do we do??? If we spanked her, we would be called abusive parents. Sometimes we try the 1, 2, 3 counting thing, and occasionally it works. Other times we threaten to take her favourite toys away, and she sometimes that works. Other times hubby threatens that she can’t do nice family outings- I don’t always agree with that one. Sometimes a smiley face chart works very well.
So basically each night we try a different tactic to avoid bed time issues, .We seem to have to find something different to use each night.
I’d be more than happy to receive any suggestions to make ess of an issue
1 comment:
I am NOT advocating spanking (while I think it works with SOME kids I think it is counter-productive with a LOT of others) but I did think that, because of your comment, you know that spanking IS legal in all 50 states. You obviously can't (and shouldn't) beat your kid or hit them with objects, but hand to behind spanking is totally legal.
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