Disciplining Techniques, do they really work?

It is hilarious how angry a toddler can truly get when they don’t get their way. Especially when they're somewhere that they know they shouldn’t be yelling in the first place. Their little faces start to pout, tears start to well, and then comes the yelling. What's not hilarious are the looks you get from everyone when it happens: “Poor mom, look at that kid” or “What a bad mom. She can’t control her kid.” 

I didn’t know that my job as a parent was to control my childs emotions! I thought it was to help them cope with their emotions. Having several little ones teaches you that not all are the same and you can’t discipline all of them the same way. 

With my oldest "time out" worked. When she head the words she knew immediately that she needed to stop what she was doing and behave. With my second, not so much. It seemed like nothing did the trick, time outs, taking things away, threatening, yelling, and finally a smack on the hand or tush. None of it worked. At one point I came to the conclusion that she was just going to make my life difficult. I spoke to her pediatrician because I felt I needed the extra help. She suggested that I go down to her level and reason with her, talk to her softly and explain why things were not working. Honestly, I just laughed but after a couple of days I tried it. Surprise... it worked. 

Lets face it, not all work and some kids have harder shells on the outside.

One thing I definatly learned is that we should not yell all the time. Kids tend to get used to it and grow up yelling at everyone else because its the norm to them. What works for us  and also trying it out with other friends kids who are behaving bad is getting eye level and talking to them. Letting then know that what they are doing isn't so great and how they can do better. Give it a try it work.