Punishment

I saw this on facebook this morning, and thought it was bizarre. That being said, I have no kids, so who knows what in the hell I'll be doing. On that note, I grew up with person #4, and she is a VERY intelligent person who I am sure is a great parent (note how she gives 2 actual suggestions without bringing in politics and religion or saying questionable things).

Person #1 PARENTS: I need your help...
Our precious Ellie is now 14 months old. We are trying to come up with creative ways to discipline her as her sin-nature is becoming more evident. With Josh at this age we usually popped his hand or occasionally his bottom, but since she's a foster daughter, we can't use any corporal punishment...any ideas?
18 hours ago · Comment · Like

Person #2: What is she doing??? I know i dont have children but my oldest sister uses the "time out", sitting in one spot.... i think it works good with one of the twins, the other doesnt care to much. She started this when they were really young....
17 hours ago · Like

Person #3: put her in time out or the playpen if she still uses one with no toys etc. DO NOT use the crib. This is for sleep and it will confuss her. In the playpen if you remove the toys and tell her, she will cry, but willlearn. When it is playtime the toys will be in there with her.
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Person #4: I use time-out. The suggestion I read was one minute of time-out for however many years old they are, so it would be just one minute for Ellie. I know every child is different, but I was amazed how well it worked for my daughter. I'm trying to remember what it was like at 14 months old . . . does she still sleep in a crib? If so, I used the crib for time-out--I didn't even close the door or anything, I just told her "no," made sure she knew what it was for, and then put her in the crib (told her "time out") and left the room for 1 minute, then came back and got her out. It might sound simple or silly, but it really worked well for us. Now that she is 3 years old, she gets 3 minutes in her room with the door closed for time out.
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Person #4: ‎(I posted my comment before the one above it showed up for me--the one that mentioned not using the crib. Just wanted to clarify that I was not trying to contradict anyone. We don't have a playpen, but that would obviously work well if you do.)
17 hours ago · Like

Person #5: sounds like you have some good advice here. try reading the babywise books too. if that doesn't work, forget corporal punishment & cut off her hand, cut out her eye or whatever....HA!!!
17 hours ago · Like

Person #3: I like the above comment. We just wore their little bottoms out. The BIBLE says SO!!!!!!
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Person #6: We don't spank so our current method of discipline is mainly teaching, distracting her with something else, and repeating what we want her to do (and not do lol) over and over and over...lol Some days I feel like a broken record but I know that, at her age, it's what is needed right now. She's learning. :)
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Person #2: My sisters twins are 2 1/2 , they've been doing time out and she disciplines them with sometihng they like... gum or a piece of chocolate. Im sure if she can do time out with 2 you can get Ellie to stick with it.
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Person #7: We used the crib with the boys...she will know the difference between sleeping and "time-out" regardless of where it is...crib or playpen...as you do/say different things for sleeptime or time out....this works really well if she's a social baby, but not so well if she likes to be alone. A firm "NO" was sometimes all G needed...or that plus the crib/playpen. Babywise is good too...I have the second one (for 5-15 months) if you want to borrow it. We also used the bottom for the boys, but I know you can't do that with Ellie....
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Person #8: hates being separated from the action so the threat of timeout in her room usually makes her stop whatever misbehavior she's doing, although she's so strong-willed that she may do it again in a few minutes which is where the dreadfully difficult "consistency" comes into play. If its something they fight over then I take the toy/whatever away. Plus I make sure to praise her bigtime as much as I can when she's good or does something nice.
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Person #9: I agree with Sarah, we used the drib for timeout with dylan and they are not stupid they know they know the difference. It worked with Dylan because the only thing that affected him was isolation. he hated it!
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Person #9: ‎...actually we used the crib not the drib
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Person #4: Oh yeah, another thing we do sometimes if time-out isn't working (my girl can be as stubborn as me!) is to take away a toy and put it up high--usually where she can see it, but not where she would be tempted to try (dangerously) to climb up and get it. Then we keep an eye out for her doing something good and tell her she can have it back for being good.
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Person #10: Uhhhh duhhhh...bring her to Nana's...LOL! Love you sweetie!
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Person #11: Ella gets put in the naughty corner--she hates isolation, she is am amiable personality like her mama, after all. lol
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Person #12: Use the "naughty spot" like on Super Nanny and make sure you say it in an English accent. Buy a cheap piece of red cardboard at the store and draw a sad face on it. Put it somewhere semi-isolated and maybe you could have like three little yellow sad faces and give her one for misbehavior and then if she gets three she goes to the naughty spot? On the flip side, have three happy faces and a treat if she earns them. Just throwing ideas out...
16 hours ago · Like

Person #13: I think Time-Out is probably your best bet. And personally, I disagree with doing it in their rooms/crib. My reason for that is b/c my boys go to their rooms to play and their beds to sleep, not to be punished. Again, just my opinion. I like the idea of making your own little "naughty spot" rug. And if you use the English accent, can I come over and watch? :)
16 hours ago · Like · 1 person

Person #1: Thanks for all the suggestions..we're trying time-out in the hall...we'll see how it goes...it's just so hard to not pop that little hand...It's usually her getting in trouble for touching things she's not suppose to...we'll see how it goes...

Cara, if I break out the British accent, I'll let you know! Haha!
11 hours ago · Like

A few thoughts:

1. If said child is so precious, then why is it "so hard" to not hit her?
2. I think it's funny that someone jokingly said to cut her hand off, and then another person then said immediately "I agree, corporal punishment is good because it's in the Bible."
3. I like it when the person said "we use the crib, MY kids are smart enough that they know the difference between sleeping and punishment." I hope that she was implying that the other people's kids were stupid, and if so, I agree.