How do you punish your toddler if he/she acts up?

Question

Say your toddler is screaming at you a lot, hitting the walls, laying on the floor and screaming non-stop. Hitting other children, throwing things, not listening to you when you say no.

******How do you punish them when you get really irritated with them? Your most drastic punishment?********

Answer 1

My god why are there so many people who are saying to beat or lash out at your toddler...a child of around 2-4 in age.......is this how they do or intend to deal with their kids....god help the kids with parents attitudes like that....toddlers are still learning the process of life, how are they to know its wrong to go mental and stuff, you have to teach them right from wrong and be consistent but it doesnt work over night, my daughter is given choices in a heated situation eg....either to stop doing whatever she is doing or be in her room with her door shut.......this she does not like.......try different ways to deal with things but do not take to smacking it out of them as this does not help......and them who say it does or think it is the way to deal with it need to reassess their parenting skills

Answer 2

well children at this age really don't understand a whole bunch about being disciplined. What does work is putting them in time-out preferably on a chair where they cannot have fun. They must sit there for the minutes corresponding to their age. Example 2yr old sits in time out for 2 minutes. Your child might not get a hang of it right away, but sooner or later they will realize that when they do something that mommy doesn't like they will have to sit where it is boring and so they probably won't do it again. The toddler years can be trying for the parents but just remember they grow up eventually. Good luck to you!

Answer 3

Tantrums are a "normal" part of toddler hood. There isn't much you CAN do other than invest in a child gate and a pair of headphones. When the child misbehaves, give him/her a time out in their room with the gate up. Then place the headphones on your head with whatever music you like to listen to and go on about whatever it was you were doing prior to the tantrum. Be sure to check on the child every now and then. After awhile the child will see that the "unacceptable" behavior isn't getting your attention and he/she will WANT to behave because that is when you give the child your attention.

Answer 4

Put in ear plugs. (#1) Isolate the kid. (#2) Pretend you don't hear. (#3) Oh, first and foremost, make sure a pin isn't sticking toddler anywhere and toddler is not hurt. Then move to plan B. I am going on the assumption here that reasoning is out the window,and toddler has totally lost control. That rage is usually from a failure of being able to communicate. My granddaughter does time outs with her little boy and he is an angel.

Answer 5

look do anything but dont spank your kids you gotta treat him with patience look..you gotta love him most of the kids throw a tantrum because they get exausted real soon he might be trying to get your attension so play with him all the time whenevr always talk to him in a poliete way you know things will change when he throw a tantrum give him big hugs and kisses to calm him down ignoring a lil child whos frustrated is never right or make a naughty step whenever he mosbehave put him on the naughty step...

Answer 6

Well don't lash out at your child! You need to punish him/her consistently. Whenever they act out make sure they are punished some how. I do spank my son but never to the point that some of these parents are taking it. My son can be a brat but you just have to remeber who is boss! Be STERN!

Answer 7

You come down to their level/height look them in the eyes and talk to them in a calm voice tell them that they are misbehaving and tell them to behave or they will have a time out. You follow through with every punishment you give them. If they refuse to sit in the timeout chair, you hold them their until they behave. You have to be consistant. So they always know what is going to happen if they throw a tantrum. Don't give them what they want either. You are in charge, but you have to be patient and calm with them. Yelling at them will not help, that is what makes them cry and scream louder.

Answer 8

Here's a suggestion you may want to consider:

Violation #1: In five minutes everyone who is being quiet gets icecream. Everyone who's not, goes to his room. He'll shut up.

Violation #2: Alright, it's icecream time. But you, go to your room. No icecream for you. He screams louder. Says he wants icecream too. You say ok, but next time were ready for icecream, if you are misbehaving, there will be no icecream for you no matter what you say. You will go to your room with no icecream.

Violation #3: He goes to his room with no icecream.

It most likely won't get to violation #3, but if it does, you have to be firm. But if he refuses to go to his room, don't force it. Just let him sit and watch as the others enjoy their icecream. He may find that intollerable, go to his room on his own accord, and possibly quietly cry. If that happens. He goes to his room on his own accord, give him a few minutes, and then check on him. If he's crying, and he says he's sorry and won't misbehave again, tell him you forgive him and he can have some icecream if everyone else forgives him too. Then bring him in and ask all the other kids whether they forgive him too (while shaking your head in the yes motion). While they all shake their heads affirmatively, you say that's so sweet of you, and start scooping some icecream for him.

Answer 9

nicely, i think of it is clever to look at any sexual abuse that the youngster would have experienced interior the previous, yet for this reason, i does not say it is too out of the conventional for a youthful youngster. I actual have a great form of pals, me blanketed, who have been by no ability sexually abused yet did sexual issues as a newborn, in simple terms out of interest or copying issues we observed in a action picture, it is even no longer too uncommon to capture childrens "humping" issues. they do no longer know it is sexual, they do exactly it. A boy peeking under Barbie clothing is incredibly common so a techniques as i've got seen, the "licking" element is somewhat strange nonetheless, it is the only reason I see to benefit for sexual abuse, aside from that, it is a common interest.

Answer 10

Take her to Grandpa's house for the day, he'll sort her out. But for real...I try to walk away when Im irritated because I find I get to annoyed and usually overeact or just burry my head in a pillow. But I try my hardest to teach her good behavior, but when Im at my ends wit I just ignore her. It sometimes works. As for hitting people and not listening I just take her away from these things and tell her its not acceptable to do this.