Comments on The Varnell's: What's Worked for Us- Fun With Discipline

Lindsay- it does take a few times to get the hang ...

2011-09-13T12:25:44.957-05:00

Lindsay- it does take a few times to get the hang of it! They may not even like the game, so do whatever works for you! Great job on the repetition! That's the only way Rachel got anything. Graham got things pretty quickly after the first time.

Hannah- great idea! That's an old theater rule so the stage manager knows you heard them. I didn't even think about applying it to kids, but that's genius!

Will have to try the m&m thing... my Penelope ...

2011-09-13T10:59:44.079-05:00

Will have to try the m&m thing... my Penelope is just not great at stopping what she is doing to listen to us.

One thing that has worked for us in counting down is having them repeat back the time. For instance, I'll say, "Girls, you have 10 minutes left of playtime and then we are leaving." And they MUST respond, "Thank you 10!" Then I'll repeat it again a few minutes later: "Girls, 5 minutes left!" "Thank you 5!" This way I know they have heard me and are aware that time is winding down.

love this. I've tried it with Parker but it d...

2011-09-13T10:14:01.003-05:00

love this. I've tried it with Parker but it didn't work great the first time. I think I'll try again soon :) The best thing I've done to discipline outside of a meltdown was around throwing a fit and screaming in the middle of the night when he was waking up (around 20-22 months old...with a newborn in the next room). So, at breakfast or any time that was calm, I explained the rules: 1. we don't scream and cry at night time 2. we don't get out of our crib and 3. if you wake up, just roll over and go back to sleep. I repeated these every day for a week until he could quote them back to me! It finally worked and he's been sleeping great ever since - whew!!