what are good disipline actions for a 3 year old girl?

Answer 1

Time out is the only way to go. 1 minute for every year of age starting at age 5. Under 5, a minute will do.

Never hit a child. It only teaches them that violence is how to solve problems.

Answer 2

It depends on what the child is doing. Normally if my daughter is being uncooperative and crying and yelling, I put her in her room and tell her she cannot come out until she stops. Then I ignore her. Children do not like being ignored. No matter how loud she gets I don't go in the room. Even if I have to crank up the music really loud or just step in another room not to hear her. Normally withing 10 minutes tops she will calmly come out of the room and I will ask if she is okay now and then give her a hug. I noticed that the spanking just really didn't help after a while (not beating, but a pop on the hand or the leg), and I usually only did it if she was about to harm herself and wouldn't stop (like trying to touch the stove or an electrical socket.) And yelling just cranks them up even more. You have to be consistent with the time outs and not waiver.

Answer 3

hi there well spanking /hitting is not on how would you liked being hit by someone 3 times bigger than you ......well you would want to press charges against it and youre whole family would be disgusted .....so why hit youre child ?? just think about that one and what im going to suggest does work time and time again ....right for a little girl she will have a favourite doll or toy ....remove that from her and tell her to sit down on th bottom step or on a cushion and say she has to sit there for 5 mins ....that is a long time to a little girl when you are telling her that her time is up ask her why she had to sit there for that time and explain to her that if she does that again she will be back there again.....or do not let her watch her favourite cartoon or dvd for that day ....now the other side to get her to do things ,get a big bit of paper and get her involved right from the start draw a house and make the asky dark and have a packet of stars and tell her that every time she does something good she gets to put a star on the picture at the end of the day and at the end of the week she will get a lovely suprize and that can be anything that she loves the trick is to keep to this and she will learn and youre little girl will delight you and please you ....that is when she isnt having the odd bad day ,and they all have them .....take care xx

Answer 4

Start with understanding that discipline is TEACHING not PUNISHING...by that definition spanking doesn't TEACH anything but that you can overpower your child. You want to teach your child how to make the correct decisions on their own, whether or not you are supervising them. This means that you figure out what motivates your child...what is a positive reward, what is a negative consequence. Whether its a favorite show or a high five, the idea is to motivate your child to look at the possible outcome of their action, no matter how small or big, and steer themself in the direction that will result in a reward instead of a consequence. They learn to do that through consistent repitition of YOUR responses, don't let them get away with doing something they're not supposed to...ALWAYS follow through with a consequence and praise them EVERY time they are doing something you would like them to do again. You can never tell them too many good things about themseves, this will be their internal dialogue for the rest of their lives, make it something that makes them think highly of and expect a lot from themselves. Yes, this all starts at 3.

Answer 5

Discipline is teaching, So communication works best for us. I might add, you need a set of consequences to make discipline more effective.

So Discipline backed up with a consequence

For example, Consequences we use for our 3 year old daughter are time outs, long time outs, taking favorite toys away, and Spanking. After any of these consequences are applied you then need the discipline to help them understand that their behavior is not appropriate.

Good Luck

Answer 6

it depends on the child and the offense. Time outs, removal of privlage and yes spankings too(in my opinion) I try to avoid the bad behavior by really emphasizing good things. Maybe something like...."Gosh, I have noticed how great you have been playing with your sister today, maybe we should go to the park!"

A great book to read is " Love and Logic" the last name of the author is Lay( i think). He is not for spanking but he has great ideas on how to handle kids. Your local library should have a copy.

Answer 7

I am all for spanking. But I know now people are screaming that is abuse so time out works well. At her age she should be put in time out for 3 minutes. It usually goes by 1 minute per year of age. In my oppinion spanking not hard but enough to let them know you are serious is the way to go. That is what I have done with my children and they are very well mannered well behaved young adults now.

Answer 8

i believe in spanking too.. An for takin away there favorite things an not lettin them do anything that they usely do dont always work.. My 2 year old is living proof of that.. An half the time spanking dont even work..

Answer 9

Speaking from experience ( I have a 4 yr. old girl), time out is a good start, try having her sit in a corner. Or, try simply getting really close to her, close to to her face and very softly and calmly explain to her that her behavior or actions are not acceptable and that mommy is not happy and will she please stop acting out. "This will make Mommy very happy".

Answer 10

One minute per age in a time-out chair. You have to be really consistent with this and your child may spend alot of time in a time out chair the first few days or weeks. But eventually it will pay off. Also watch what you say to her, you have to be able to back up everything you say to her. And she is listening to what you say and if you don't enforce what you say, she will learn you don't really mean what you say. Consistency is key.