I'm not quite there yet as my son is only 16 months.
At the moment I have instinctively disciplined. He will get a firm No! or similar if he I'd doing something naughty or inappropriate. I have backed this up with a hand slap on about four occasions when I thought the action was bordering on dangerous and he wasn't taking notice of my words (not sure if I will get flamed for this).
As I said, it's very instinctive and generally this has worked very well. He no longer plays with the toilet and tries to lift the lid and post things and he understands the road is dangerous etc.
Thing is I know I am moving towards the terrible toes and I'm thinking whether I need to decide about how I'm going to handle bad behaviour in the future or if in going to carry on as I am.
Is the time out/ naughty step accepted as the accepted way to do things or is everyone doing something different depending on the child.
I really don't want smacking to become normal in our house and need a strategy that my son will understan, action/consequences etc.
Thanks
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Are most people disciplining their children with the time out/naughty step strategy?
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