Help me with dd age3 who seems completely unaffected by my usually parenting :((

[threecurrantbuns]

Well with dd1 she listens alot more anyway, but on the occasions where she didnt she had time out, by this i mean sat in a quite spot alone no toys etc for a period of time. I explained why she was there etc etc.

She would seem soory afterwards and learn from the experience.

Well dd2 has nearly had me in tears this am and the last week as nothing seems to bother her she just happily sits in time out singing or making up stories, says sorry afterwards then is straight back on it or something else once out of time out, i really feel like she couldnt care less and have no idea what to do to get through to her.

Ive felt like i ve had to get away from her today before i completely lose it and scream and shout at her or something. Usually she is good but since the hols started has been a nightmare and doesnt seem to listen to anything i say

Anything else i could try with her??

bumping for you as I am in the same situation...sorry I'm not more helpful.

dd much the same, the singing can be very irritating can't it? I'm trying to find a punishment of sorts that she will actually react to. Not giving a bed time story works but it isn't something that I want to do often. Not taking her out on a trip to a friend's worked wonders 1 day but is not an option always - might upset the friend too and her parents! My best thing is removing colouring pens and crafty stuff for a while as she loves these, or confiscating the toy of the moment. At the moment time out isn't working for us, she just enjoys the time and then tells me loudly that she has been practicing her song or "doing sums"!

i hope someone comes along with good suggestions here as I am in the same boat with DS2.

he either sits on the naughty step etc quite calmly and not bothered or just will not sit down, runs back in, screams and screams, hits out etc etc. I literally have to hold him down which I don't think is a great plan ?

I try confiscating toys, but the problem is that he doesn't really have a favourite, so just plays with something else instead. I try not allowing him a treat which again he just kind of accepts and shrugs his shoulders at. I get him to say sorry to his brother/friend that he has hurt/upset and he refuses to say it point blank.

Its an impossible task some days.

When we had this problem, I put DD on the naughty step repeatedly (when she repeated the bad behaviour) until she realised the naughty step is not fun.

She also never says sorry but will say "I won't do it again" which I prefer because it is about future actions rather than forcing an insincere apology.