How To Stop Your Child Hitting At Nursery

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It can all seem rather daunting starting nursery and more so when there are now many more children who they have to accept and share things with. Is it any wonder this age mark brings with it the added stresses of hitting and biting becoming normal? It can be rather embarrassing when you go to [...]

How To Stop Your Child Hitting Younger Siblings

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First of all let me say that all kids hit out and its part of growing up and learning, but it can become a constant battle when you have a larger child who hits his younger sibling, I have a 2,3 and 4 year old and it can become very exhausting at times as it [...]

The One Strike Rule: Discipline for older kids

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  When the naughty step  just does not work for you or when you have older children I use the One Strike Rule technique which does  work. The one strike rule can stop bad behavouir and does not give your child the attention that the naughty step does. For older children I find this method [...]

How do I stop my child being naughty?

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I am often asked the question “ How do I stop my child being naughty?”. The simplest way to do this is to accept its going to happen. At the end of the day kids will be kids. Do not expect them to be perfect little angels. They are devils in disguise, do not be [...]

Why I never use the naughty step for toddlers

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Thanks to Supernanny we all know the naughty step technique and while this technique can work very well, I am rather saddened to see some mums abusing this method of discipline.  I get rather irate when I hear and see mums using the naughty step for children as young as 12 months. Why? What on [...]