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Showing Original Post only (View all)Okay, no spanking. I get that but what's this dad suppose to do? [View all]
Last night, my 8 year old threw a monster fit. Normally, we let her eat on the coffee table in the family room in front of the television, but last night that table was being used for crafts with our other 8 year old child. Well, the first child just started yelling and screaming and the more we ignored her the louder she screamed. We tried reasoning (Mommy needs the table for crafts tonight; you can watch television right after finished your meal in the kitchen) but she just wouldn't calm down. Her screaming got so bad that our neighbor came over to complain about the noise.
Now, I spanked her once before--a long time ago; and realized that it wasn't the best thing to do so I never did it again. But when my kid is acting up like this, what am I suppose to do? Reasoning didn't work; telling her to go to her room and calm down didn't work (she refused); ignoring her didn't work (she just kept yelling and screaming); taking away her television privileges didn't work (she didn't care). Just what is a dad suppose to do?
On a side note, the neighbor coming over to complain didn't help either. Now, I had two problems on my hands: my kid screaming in the background, and now, my neighbor's complaining in the foreground. It took all I had to keep from going off on my neighbor. I understanding that my kid was bothering her but trying to get me to do something when I'm already doing everything I can short of getting physical was only getting me more frustrated. By the way, I've watched those SuperNanny shows and I've tried sending my kids into timing-out and it's never as easy as it is on t.v. They just refuse to go.