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3 year old is out of control
what do you do when your child just doesn't listen to you???? this is seriously putting a strain on my DH's and my relationship and creating a lot of yelling in our home.
yesterday we went to the mall. our son was so out of control running around, not staying with us, not listening to us. we would threaten him that we would leave if he didn't stop. after a while he would be good and then soon after revert. i even took him over to the easter bunny and told him about the bad behaviors. my son said 'i'll try real hard to be good' and as soon as we walked away he started up again with the bad behaviors. i reminded him the easter bunny is watching.... he's not scared of us, the easter bunny, threats, etc..... what gives? what can we do?
i ask him to pick up his toys. after hours of asking, threatening, etc. i can finally get him to do it. its ridiculous! i know others have complained about age 3....and i feel like this is somewhat normal....but really? seriously????
Re: 3 year old is out of control
My three sons!
Ditto the follow through! Hours of threatening will never work, and will only result in a frustrated child and parent. You told him that you would leave if he didn't stop - he didn't stop, but you stayed. If you are not prepared to l
Another ditto on the follow through. We did a lot of counting, like if you don't stop doing x by the count of 3 then we will leave (or whatever consequence). Then count and if you get to 3 you gotta follow through.
however I will say that 3 is te
I started the counting to 3 thing really early on- too early for him to know or understand and somehow it worked???? But once he got it- counting to 3 then time out worked well. I got a way from it a little cause he was being really g
Married, September 23, 2006
Part of the reason that 3 is so hard is the lack of impulse control. Even if he knows and understands all of the rules, he doesn't have the impulse control to follow the rules all of the time. That's why he can have days with great behavior and then dr