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October 18, 2004

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Claudia

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Claudia

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Lizz

AHHH the magical world of 4. I hated it. I say that with love though. Spencer turning 4 coencided with the birth of his baby brother Gibson. My sweet charming Spencer seemed to change from a cute cuddly loveable, fairly good listener to. KID FROM HELL! Almost over night. I've done some research..OK I just ask around a lot. and it seems that it's totally normal. We tried the charts and the rewards, they worked for a second but usually ended in disaster. Now that Spencer is six it really isn't any better, I just know how to cut him off at the pass when he's headed down a road I don't like....So encouraging isn't it? Don't get me wrong Spencer is still a great kid, he's just great in a totally diffrent way now.

Betsy

Ummm...I hate to break it to you, daddydaycare, but it's the age at work here, and not the socialization/preschool issue, I'm betting...

Anne-Marie, I came up with something similar when we were having issues here: the marble jars. Each child got 10 marbles in a jar at the beginning of the week. Predefined offenses lost you a marble, having mom 'catch you' do something good earned you a marble. And marbles got used as currency: for special privileges (a trip to the video game store), extra television watching, etc.

The kids insisted that I have a jar as well, for things like inappropriate language (something I'm guilty of). I'd like to be able to say that I always kept all of my marbles, but I fear that's just not the truth...

daddydaycare

We're having this problem in stereo with our 2 1/2 year old twins. Funny thing. It all started right after they started pre-school. Daycare behaviors. Massive defiance. Kick/scream temper tantrums on the floor. Getting dressed in the morning is like walking through the local car wash. Socialization is over-f*cking rated. What the hell are you doing to my kids? Let's all take our kids to pre-school so they can learn to act like the rest of society! Good idea! Although I only need two now, I borrowed three cages from the Oakland Zoo and set them up in the garage. Things are better now. (grin)

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