The Parenting Thread

[roller]

The Prof. Roller Academy of parenting and social engineering says on their homepage:


"if your going to be naughty your gonna get whacked!"

its worked for the past 2000+ years, you gotta teach em discipline boy!

None of this namby pamby negotiations or bribes of sweets

1. teach your kids another language young, dont deprive them of being excluded in the playground gangs, if you dont speak the lingo, your out!

2. Make sure your kid knows everything about modern technology, if not, little Timmy wont be a successful lawyer,politician,business tycoon

3.Even if your kid is in the wrong, stand by them and claim that by saying otherwise is an affront to your parenting skills, then they'll let joey off and issue you an apology

4. Being bossman No.1 is crucial in this era. Hold the most extravagant birthday party-doesn't matter if there only 2 yrs old, you will wow the other parents and may eventually be permitted into the country club.

Finally, always mix with the right crowd

oh, and get your in laws to help. this way you avoid changing smelly nappies-this enables you more time to play with TFs

[Saintly]

bi-lingual if possible.

have the in-laws or parents nearby. the quality of childcare is detoriating.

was talking to a friend's wife. she had started toilet training once she came back from the hospital her daughter. make those sounds. some babies are naturally talented that way. she said she is a bad mother.

men, be prepare to do the night-shift if bottle-fed. may get away with 1 feed during the night if you time it well.

the first sh-t always smells the worst!

[GoktimusPrime]

The Prof. Roller Academy of parenting and social engineering says on their homepage:


"if your going to be naughty your gonna get whacked!"

its worked for the past 2000+ years, you gotta teach em discipline boy!

I basically agree with that - though not literally. I'm an advocate of Choice Reality as the basis of behaviour management. It's all about teaching responsibility.

[roller]

such thinking...can only lead to the Dark side of the force

[Vector Sigma 13]

Ahhh if only it was that easy....

[GoktimusPrime]

When it comes to behaviour management with students (and even my cat) - I find that being very persistent helps. You gotta be consistent too. If something is against your rule, then it's always against the rules - no exceptions. As Ultra Magnus says, "Consistency is the key to victory."

Yeah... last time I had a student teacher I told her to read "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. She laughed at the suggestion but later took my advice and found it quite useful.

I have all these theories about parenting, much of which is based on my experience in teaching, but of course, none of it from actual parenting experience (since I'm not a parent yet). Time will tell if I'll stick with my current theories or completely change them. In my graduate paper I spoke against streamlining classes and selective schooling - but since I started actually teaching I've done a complete 180 and I now support those things. So it's possible that I might do a 180 on some of my parenting theories too... I won't know until I become a parent of course. As Kup says, "Experience lad, you should learn to appreciate it."

Everything in life you can learn from Transformers.

[liegeprime]

1. Always have a box of gloves and rediwipes... man, it's quite unsanitary cleaning poopies with bare hands yah know.

2. Dont whack a kid in the wrong just anywhere - ONLY in the buttocks, have them lie face down and give one smack at the buttocks, doesnt have to be strong whack, just very AUDIBLE one - THIS works more of a psychological effect not a physical one, THEN after the whack ask them why they got a smack, let them answer dont feed the answers, this way THEY know what they did was wrong. Start early not when their like 5-6 yrs old, by these age as the old Filo saying " the bones have already set" - wont make much of a difference no matter how you whack sense into them.

3. Give your children boundaries, otherwise they will just continue to test your limits and if you always just give in, that's no discipline AT ALL. YOU as parents WILL PAY for this in the future.... either by being disgraced or by having to live with uncontrollable self centered SOBs

4. Watch what your kids are watching and eating.....

5. Always let them know who's the boss - if youve been watching supernanny - no matter how she explains it, it boils down to that. The kids are out of control coz the supposed bosses ( parents) of the house are manipulated always to give in to the mewlings of the kids, uh uh. Clearly define what their role is and what your role is in the household. This also works with dogs and other sociable pets ( except fish for obvious reasons)

6. Understand that there is a "no" period in childhood - around ages terrible two and troublesome three. This is a normal phase of children learning to assert themselves so Dont overdo it by giving them a whack and saying "bad boy" to everytime, learn to differentiate which "NO" is valid and which one if left uncheck will lead to having a juvie in the future - stop saying/thinking as well "aww isnt that cute, he/she's saying NO" - that's a little monster in the making if left unchecked.


Disclaimer:
I for one am NOT a parent and have no intention ATM of being one. But these tidbits of info are gleaned from aunts/uncles and my mom so I know it works. If it was ever just me, my discipline would involve a rope and a heavy rock and a boat in the middle of sydney harbor ----"So you don't wanna eat your veggies ei? Throw a tantrum and embarrass me in front of everyone in the department store ei? Sayonara baby - we can always make another one its the fun part anyway" I certainly have "NOOOOO" patience and tolerance for kids.

edit: added a crucial word in the last sentence