Discipline: Top Do’s and Don’ts When Your Kids Won’t Listen

These include:

1. Show and tell. Teach children right from wrong with calm words and actions.
2. Set limits. Have clear and consistent rules your children can follow.
3. Give consequences.
4. Hear them out.
5. Give them your attention.
6. Catch them being good.
7. Know when not to respond.
8. Be prepared for trouble.

These techniques can help:

1. Pick your fights. Battle your 3-year-old over every bad behavior and you’ll be at war all day.
2. Practice prevention. Use your knowledge of your child to head off needless blowups.
3. Stay calm.
4. Listen carefully.
5. Explain your rules.
6. Offer choices.
7. Provide alternatives.
8. Use time-out.

1. Don’t view discipline as punishment. Discipline may feel as though you’re punishing your kids.
2. Do find opportunities for praise.
3. Do set limits and keep them.
4. Do be specific.
5. You’re their parent, not their buddy.

New research suggests that yelling at kids can be just as harmful as hitting them; in the two-year study, effects from harsh physical and verbal discipline were found to be frighteningly similar. A child who is yelled at is more likely to exhibit problem behavior, thereby eliciting more yelling. It’s a sad cycle.

During this year your child really starts to understand that her body, mind and emotions are her own. She knows the difference between feeling happy, sad, afraid or angry. Your child also shows fear of imaginary things, cares about how others act and shows affection for familiar people.

Adults, because of our somewhat mature brains, find both healthy and unhealthy ways to cope with stress, but 3-year-olds can’t. Their brains are too young, too little, too immature. Your son is experiencing and reacting to his frustration in real time. He cannot control it.

Autism symptoms in a 3-year-old

• doesn’t respond to name.
• avoids eye contact.
• prefers playing alone to playing with others.
• doesn’t share with others, even with guidance.
• doesn’t understand how to take turns.
• isn’t interested in interacting or socializing with others.
• doesn’t like or avoids physical contact with others.

Even as kids get older they don’t necessarily stop acting out. Sometimes they will act out or rebel for the same reasons they did as a child—they are hungry, tired, stressed, or simply want attention. They may even act out because they are being bullied, going through a breakup, or are having friendship issues.

There are many things that can cause a child to have temper tantrums, emotional outbursts, and general “bad” or unexpected behavior. These can include biological reasons, like being hungry or overtired. They can also include emotional reasons, like not being able to cope with or describe their feelings.

5 Ways to Get Kids to Listen Without Yelling, Bribes & Threats

1. Get Down on Their Level and Use Eye Contact. These two actions have helped us avoid and stop bad behavior.
2. Stop Saying “No” and Talk More.
3. Acknowledgment.
4. Stop Saying, “Bad Boy” or “Bad Girl.”
5. Set Expectations.
6. 280 reactions.

In fact, failure to discipline children often results in kids who are unhappy, angry, and even resentful. To those around them, a child who is not disciplined will be unpleasant company, and a child without discipline may find it difficult to make friends.

Tips for good behaviour

1. Be a role model. Use your own behaviour to guide your child.
2. Show your child how you feel.
3. Catch your child being ‘good’
4. Get down to your child’s level.
5. Listen actively.
6. Keep promises.
7. Create an environment for good behaviour.
8. Choose your battles.

Toddler can become angry when they encounter a challenge, are unable to communicate wants, or are deprived of a basic need. Some common triggers for angry outbursts or tantrums may include: being unable to communicate needs or emotions. playing with a toy or doing an activity that is hard to figure out.

What most children do by this age:

• Copies adults and friends.
• Shows affection for friends without prompting.
• Takes turns in games.
• Shows concern for crying friend.
• Understands the idea of “mine” and “his” or “hers”
• Shows a wide range of emotions.
• Separates easily from mom and dad.
• May get upset with major changes in routine.

Between or at ages 3 and 4, your child should be able to: Say their name and age. Speak 250 to 500 words.