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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 74130" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Good luck on the writing assignment! If she's anything like my daughter, there's no way it will get done or, if done, that there will be anything really comprehensible in it. Mine would know what she had done wrong, why it was wrong and what she should have done but there was no way it would go on paper. What worked for us was a discussion when everyone was calm. One with no blame, no recriminations, just simply a talk about what could have happened.</p><p></p><p>I'm hoping that her actions were more thoughtless than planned. She may have been very sincere in wanting to have some fun time with the little ones and the idea of the suckers and soda was really to get them a treat with no real understanding of the dangers and risks. Kind of like the mother who only left her kids in the car for "5 minutes" and it got over 120 in the car cause the 5 minutes turned into longer. </p><p></p><p>Before going too overboard on punishment please try to find out the reasoning behind it. A lapse of judgment requires discussions and teaching, not consequences. A deliberate leaving the little ones to go have fun elsewhere requires consequences plus some learning lessons.</p><p></p><p>Don't say never to her watching them again. I'd let her try again if she wants to but I'd watch from a distance to see what happens (without her knowing). Kids do make mistakes but to tell them you will never trust them again is harsh. It's one thing when they are older teens and truly should know better. It's another when they are young and need to learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 74130, member: 3626"] Good luck on the writing assignment! If she's anything like my daughter, there's no way it will get done or, if done, that there will be anything really comprehensible in it. Mine would know what she had done wrong, why it was wrong and what she should have done but there was no way it would go on paper. What worked for us was a discussion when everyone was calm. One with no blame, no recriminations, just simply a talk about what could have happened. I'm hoping that her actions were more thoughtless than planned. She may have been very sincere in wanting to have some fun time with the little ones and the idea of the suckers and soda was really to get them a treat with no real understanding of the dangers and risks. Kind of like the mother who only left her kids in the car for "5 minutes" and it got over 120 in the car cause the 5 minutes turned into longer. Before going too overboard on punishment please try to find out the reasoning behind it. A lapse of judgment requires discussions and teaching, not consequences. A deliberate leaving the little ones to go have fun elsewhere requires consequences plus some learning lessons. Don't say never to her watching them again. I'd let her try again if she wants to but I'd watch from a distance to see what happens (without her knowing). Kids do make mistakes but to tell them you will never trust them again is harsh. It's one thing when they are older teens and truly should know better. It's another when they are young and need to learn. [/QUOTE]
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