Simon Padfield says...
We just use redirection: moving them away and giving them a "yes" thing. We are not in favor of spanking at all. Both are very well behaved, but we use a lot of redirection, consequences- for our son who understands them, and verbal rewards...it works here.
At 10 months, the drive to get to whatever they want overrides the thought of a spank or the word, "NO", and so they proceed.
There are other ways to discipline- what works for us may not work for another, but our son has autism and we found spanking always caused a meltdown the few times we used it- because we didn't know WHAT ELSE TO DO. Therapy and time taught us what works, and so we are using this on our daughter as well.
She is 17 months now and when we say no, she moves away, unless it REALLY turns her on...and then we redirect, say no firmly and give her a Yes thing. Sometimes she will toss a tantrum, and we lay her down and walk away. It ends quickly.
I have clapped my hands to redirect her attention first. I teach in a rough area of the city- I cannot spank the children in my class and they come in with awful behaviors...and turn it around using similar tactics...and rewards as well as consequences...so, my husband and I made the decision not to use it on our kids and it works.
That is what we use. Good luck!
Posted on March 6, 2011
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