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In reply to the discussion: Okay, no spanking. I get that but what's this dad suppose to do? [View all]MadrasT
(7,237 posts)118. Please do file in the back of your mind
that at some point it might help to consult a psychiatric or psychological expert.
I had issues with having outbursts and tantrums when I was a child. Any number of times, my parents would say "You are not right. You need a psychiatrist."
Yet they never took me to see one and I surely wish they had. Not sure what could have been done in the seventies, but to this day, that baffles me. (Did they expect 11 year old me or 14 year old me to make an appointment and drive myself there?)
Again, I am in no way implying your child needs this. But it is NOT a black mark or a badge of shame if at some point she does.
I wish you and your family well.
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I don't know what I would have done, I know what I would not have done.
Warren Stupidity
Sep 2014
#78
Same here. Any screaming = no tv for 2 hours (young kids don't have a good idea of time
FSogol
Sep 2014
#12
I agree... Making a child take responsibility for their own behavior by apologizing to the neighbor
hlthe2b
Sep 2014
#17
My Mom would paddle me and my sister, but I never did that to my sons. (or had to)
FSogol
Sep 2014
#21
"How to Talk so Kids Will Listen" is the book my sisters and I used when our kids were young.
SalviaBlue
Sep 2014
#115
Great post, enlightenment. And you're right that this kind of response can take a long time,
pnwmom
Sep 2014
#46
Your parents were very unusual for their generation. You were lucky. And so were your children. n/t
pnwmom
Sep 2014
#62
Here's a book about validating that I think you might like. It's short and has plenty of examples.
pnwmom
Sep 2014
#49
Every kid is different, seaybeyond. I had a niece who was a screamer -- even at that age --
pnwmom
Sep 2014
#55
Yeah. I had some pretty good boundaries and they worked really great on 3 out of my 4 kids.
Arkansas Granny
Sep 2014
#69
To my eyes, your incident last night is the result of a lot of small bad decisions over the years.
Brickbat
Sep 2014
#37
She sounds like my kindergartener. I try to distract her and it sometimes works. I would like to
jwirr
Sep 2014
#40
lots of good suggestions here--and I wouldn't rule out filming or threatening to film it
zazen
Sep 2014
#48
LOL. Somebody has a sad. My theory: He had Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson on his fantasy team.
FSogol
Sep 2014
#79
Taking away privileges in the middle of a screaming fit is unlikely to work because
winter is coming
Sep 2014
#89
My original response has a know-it-all tone and I want to apologize for that. I'm wishing you
Brickbat
Sep 2014
#91
If I had to recommend a "parenting manual" to anyone, it'd probably be that Parent Survival Training
moriah
Sep 2014
#93
MOST if not all of these solutions STILL.. STILL require something "physical" to happen...
uponit7771
Sep 2014
#97
What should you do? Let your kids play minecraft sometimes. No, Seriously.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2014
#127