Dispiline what to do when your child is being naughty

[Kaiya]

Hi
This is a post to get advice and opinions on how to disaplin children age 2 to 6
Some agree with old way of corpral punishment
Removing wanted items such as toys
More modern ideas cover not letting a child cry
Or naughty corner
or posative treatment for good behavour
All kids have that terrible age and i am looking for advice experiance or opinion on what you think works for you

Well, I like the positive reinforcement idea, but have also used naughty step / time out. hard to tell if it's actually working, mind you.

Think it's important to be able to distinguish types of naughtiness as well. Some parents use the naughty step all the time to the point where it loses effectiveness and then they don't know what to do.

Some children aren't being 'naughty', they are frustrated, disappointed, upset etc. If my daughter does something conventionally naughty, e.g. hits me on the arm, I deal with it calmly, ask her why, explain it's not a nice thing to do and then work out if something caused her to lash out as a way of expressing herself. If she's clearly being bloody-minded, then we use the naughty step/corner/wherever as a final resort. It mostly works as she realises she's upset everyone to the point where they don't want her in the room.