tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13543016.post5404539858663375913..comments2023-10-19T07:12:05.853-07:00Comments on RyKri: Mama WhiningKristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069440381654278765noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13543016.post-14026359153337479742010-02-03T10:15:23.912-08:002010-02-03T10:15:23.912-08:00Amgravatt, we've tried that - and now she star...Amgravatt, we've tried that - and now she starts negotiating when she wants something, saying "I'll do it if on Saturday you buy me a toy." Not exactly how I thought it would work! We are trying to teach her the joy of doing the righ tthing for the right thing's sake. When you make your bed, you don't get a trophy - ya know? Sometimes rewards work but I am not going to buy her a toy every week for doing a job that she should do anyway. Julie - why didn't I think of removing the paper? THat is simple and brilliant - good grief I wish you were with me when I was staring at my stranger-child and wondering what to do. :-) I *am* glad that she's fiesty, really I am....but why can't she use her powers for good?! Today is a new day....Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069440381654278765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13543016.post-54129548009561693172010-02-03T08:11:34.148-08:002010-02-03T08:11:34.148-08:00I really think parenting gets so much harder as th...I really think parenting gets so much harder as they get older.<br /><br />I would've removed the paper at the doctor's office personally or had one of my kids do it. One warning and then the paper is in the trash can. I'm sure the doctor has seen that a million times. (-:<br />Otherwise, I think you're spot on- she will grow up to be a wonderful woman- don't worry about that as much as you are. Kids like to test and test us to see how we will react.<br />I think it's good in the long run to have a fiesty child. This same fiesty child will have the confidence to stand his/her ground as he/she gets older. I always worry that the perfectly compliant children will be the same ones who so easily succumb to peer pressure because they have always just done what was asked of them.<br />You're a great Mom and your daugher is a gem.Julienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13543016.post-44060476027255793562010-02-02T22:12:19.654-08:002010-02-02T22:12:19.654-08:00Okay, so I read your entire thing and I am not a m...Okay, so I read your entire thing and I am not a mother, or anywhere close to it, but I do love children and watching my cousin raising her children has taught me some things. Sometimes punishing wont solve anything, rewarding will. Now, I am not saying reward her for demanding and yelling, but maybe make up a system that if she does all her homework for the week, on time, without being a pest, etc, that she can get a toy at the end of the week, or the end of two weeks... Example: My cousin Jacob HATED, just simply abhorred going to the washroom. So instead of punishing him for going in his pants, his mom and dad said that if he didn't have not one accident all week, he would get a new toy. At the time he was really into the movie, Cars. So, when he went a week without an accident, they went and bought him a little like 8 dollar Cars toy. And now, he goes to the bathroom all on his own, hasn't had an accident for a while. Now that he understands the importance of going to the bathroom and he just does it now, he no longer gets rewarded, but when he didn't like going, the reward system was amazing and really helped him. <br /><br />I hope that helps, sorry I babbled a little. I hate trying to explain things in writing.amgravattnoreply@blogger.com