Then there was 2 >_>

Oh what happens when there are one?

Hello Daria. ^.^

Sorry I keep poofing everyone. My kids don't go to bed for another hour. They've been confined to their beds now because they keep fighting.

What type of game is Mitsu watching? Soccer?

Yes Soccer is his life

I love it when parents actually discipline their kids! Good work Eyea! Teach them now before they are ginormous and naughty!

I was sent to my room all the time when I was a child...grounded a lot too...

I rather not speak of that ^^;

I work with a lot of kids who never get taught manners, how to behave, and that their actions have consequences, both negative and positive. It's very frustrating.

I bet it is Daria...

Yes parents are afraid to discipline their kids because of the child abuse laws are so strict now, Like you can't spank your kid anymore....man I was spanked at least once a day(was a very bad child)

I was sent to my room a lot. That was enough to have me crying to come out!

I was sent to my room so much that I started liking it....

I love soccer! I used to play when I was younger. ^.^

@ Daria: I have a two year old and a three and a half year old. They're always fighting. My ex lets them do whatever they want, and they always come back in a bad mood. They don't even want to go most of the time.

I use to play till I popped my knee out of socket now I can't run...T_T

Teen Robin:drool:

owies! XD I'm watching Teen Titans!!! *flails*

Master of games!!! XD

I like Raven XD
now batman is on XD

@ Nao: I was ADHD, so I got spanked a lot too. To the point that my mom had to start using a belt since her hand didn't hurt anymore. lol XD

I've always been really smart too. Once I made her think I ran away when I was just sitting on the roof. Haha

belts hurt....I has that! *runs in circles*

Eyea was a nightmare child. XD

My first day of school, I got in trouble for pushing a boy down. He wasn't going fast enough. I also chased off a12 year old boy with a stick when I was six.

As for belts, I will never use one on my kids. If spanking quits working, there's always grounding. It's much more effective for me to turn the tv off than yell at my kids or spank them.

depends on the kid though too

Aoekae- Thank you very much for your post. You know, part of my problem that I am aware of, is that my 'locus of control is outside of myself'. How I feel during a day is totally dicated by the praise or criticism I receive. The bad thing about most anti-self harm (including anti suicide) advice I get is that it all sounds the same. For some reason, yours sounded different, I even added it to my blog (which is really just a bookmarked collection of posts).

And to clear things up for anyone and everyone who might be concerned: I am NOT suicidal (Today, at the moment, as I type this at least). I am recovering from BEING suicidal and one hell of an anxiety attack. I am rather slow and it feels like I'm down to about 2% on the motivation-meter.

When I was young, I had one parent who spanked me, and one parent who sat me down and talked about how much I've disappointed him, why what I did was wrong, etc. Then my dad would go to HIS room and not come out till he was less pissed off.

Altogether, my mom spanking me didn't teach me right or wrong. It taught me not to get caught. But my dad had a fundamentally awesome influence on me, and that's why I'm a good person and I agonize the right or wrong concept so much. XD

Preaty much XD
*shnuggles Crow-sama* that's good....I hate loosing people, even if I only know them online

When I talk with children when they have done something wrong repeatedly, or something more extreme perhaps once, I take them aside in 'time out' but I talk to them. I talk about the choice they made. We then discuss the effects of that choice... usually how it hurt somebody else. Hurting, well, hurts, and you wouldn't like it if somebody did that to you, and it's also not a good way to make friends. I then usually try to get the child to come up with what a BETTER CHOICE would be, most of the time they can come up with it, if not I will spoon feed it to them. For the rest of my duration with the child (be it a day or a week) I be sure to make a positive announcement when I notice the child following through with the positive choice we discussed.

Originally Posted by Kole_Locke

Well that sucks, what is it you really want to do? Or should I even ask?

I want to dance with the guy I like to slow sweet songs or something really sweet...just the two of us. THAT'S what I REALLY want to do.