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I want to gently point out that OP is also expecting another child. I can't speak for anyone else, but preggo hormones usually had me reacting much more harshly than I normally would. In fact, I frequently wore a maternity shirt with a picture of Godzilla on it, that said "Pregzilla". Have a heart and cut her some slack <3
I want to gently point out that OP is also expecting another child. I can't speak for anyone else, but preggo hormones usually had me reacting much more harshly than I normally would. In fact, I frequently wore a maternity shirt with a picture of Godzilla on it, that said "Pregzilla". Have a heart and cut her some slack <3
Okay...hormones can effect our moods....it's still not an excuse for how she's treating the child already born.
And I'm sure once the dust settled she felt bad enough, and hugged it out with her little guy. No need to dog-pile on her.
That is not always the case....and her son deserves better now. Adding another baby to the mix is not going to make things automaticaly better if she doesn't get herself under control now.
At 5 children think very literally. A warning about a tablet does not extend to a laptop because of a warning of not touching what doesn't belong to him. Directions need to be very, very specific and repeated often.
And I'm sure once the dust settled she felt bad enough, and hugged it out with her little guy. No need to dog-pile on her.
I agree! What's with this board, anyway? A couple disagree, they need to go to marriage counseling. A parent blows up at her kid, she needs to take parenting classes. Good Grief!
I agree! What's with this board, anyway? A couple disagree, they need to go to marriage counseling. A parent blows up at her kid, she needs to take parenting classes. Good Grief!
Most parents are not screaming at 5 year olds for being 5 year olds...and if they are...they need help as well.
You punished him by letting him "go play" by himself?
Not much punishment hence the reason the behavior did not change.
My kids got to follow me around and sit in the room I was in and do nothing, no television, no playing no reading, just sit and watch me.
They learned very quickly that is not something that is pleasant when I am doing house chores with no television, no radio, no CD's playing and they can do nothing but sit on their little stool that they carry around the house with them.
I think you need to change your approach with him completely. My daughter is 5, she can be sneaky and does things she KNOWS she shouldn't. It's the way of a kid.
I think instead of punishing him for touching the tablet or computer or whatever, use it as a reward. If he cleans his room, eats all his dinner, puts away his laundry or whatever, he gets 15-20 minutes of tech time. If he knows that at some point each day he will get to play on it, he may he less tempted to sneak away with it.
Secondly, he is lying because he knows how you will react if you find out what he's done. Lying is a straight up no no in our house. It's a huge pet peeve of mine. My kids get in trouble more for lying than the act they lied about. My daughter used to lie all the time, but once I started punishing her for the lie (quiet time in her room usually) and started calmly discussing the bad behavior she was trying to cover, she stopped lying. This is important to me, because if she feels the need to lie to me about her bad behavior at 5, she will at 15. I want her to trust that I won't get so mad at what she's done that she's afraid to talk to me. She still gets in trouble for the act. We talk about why she shouldn't have done it, how she can do better the next time then we hug and I thank her for telling me the truth.
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