Discipline~we have to do it~

Ok, so you're on your roadtrip and your child starts acting unruly in front of complete strangers, talking back to you, and being stubborn.....do you...

• Stop him in his tracks and tell him that you don't like what he's doing and if he doesn't stop you are going to beat him to death?
• Tell him to apologize to the stranger for being nasty and apologize to you.
• Go sit in time out

• Tell dad

I say go with option 1. Ok, for real...I am a firm believer of spanking. It's how I was raised. Now I don't agree with spanking a child for every little thing, but for some things. I do believe in timeout and taking away certain privileges also. I located this discipline guide online and I do advise you to check it out. We all know when our children are trying us and so sometimes we react in a way that they do not expect. (Sometimes that's the best!~lol~) We don't want to scare them. But we do want them to fear us. Do we really? I used to flinch when caught in the act and my mom would raise her hand slightly as if she were reaching for something else. ~that's not funny~

Discipline Internet Resources:

• Discipline and Your Child: AAP parent's guide to discipline, explaining the difference between discipline and punishment, how to encourage good behavior, tips to avoid trouble, and strategies that work, including using natural consequences, logical consequences, withholding privileges and time-out. Plus six tips to make discipline more effective and information about why spanking is not the best choice.
• Disciplining Your Child: Information from kidshealth.org about disciplining your children at different stages of their life and a word about spanking.
• Guidance for Effective Discipline: American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on discipline using a developmental approach, plus strategies for effective discipline and punishment.
• Effective Discipline for Young Children: Learn to understand children's behavior better, how to prevent misbehavior, how to deal with misbehavior, that discipline helps children learn how to behave, that there are many acceptable ways to discipline children.
• Discipline Facts: 'Helping a child to behave in an acceptable manner is a necessary part of raising the child well. Discipline varies at different ages. There is no one right way to raise children, but child and adolescent psychiatrists offer the following general guidelines...
• The argument for spanking vs. not spanking your child
• When your child wants discipline: This is a good one too!
• Just because..LOL! This is coming from a black mom, her view on spanking. Thank you for the picture!
  

But how do you discipline your children? Spank or no spanking.....please share. Your comments are welcomed!

Captivate your child's imagination.....

Remember when you were little and there seemed like it was so much to do and so little time to do it? I sure do! Coloring, puzzles, dress up, playing in centers in kindergarten...come on...what was your favorite center? My favorite was the dress up center, reading center, and the home center...remember playing mommy and daddy. Those were some fun times. Now that I have a child of my own I want to recreate some of those memories with him and make memories with him also. I want him to have the best and to learn as much as he can from the things around him. My objective with this blog is to showcase some toys , games, and books for children that I have either found by online searching or by word of mouth. This is important to any parent that has children. African American children especially have been thrown by the wayside because of "learning disabilities." We want to raise our children up to be leaders and not followers and we want our children to learn the best way that they know how when they are school-aged and even outside of school. I am a firm believer of any type of teaching, whether it be classroom or home schooled as long as that child is progressing and showing signs of being a star student and that they understand what they can and cannot do in a classroom type setting. This all starts at home and with you. I hope to reach all parents. This site can be shared with your child as well. We will have trivia, games and recommendations for captivating your child's imagination....one link at a time! Enjoy....