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Home » Kids and guilt

Kids and guilt

June 19, 2014 By Shaz Fisher 2 Comments

Kids and guilt

Child disciplineI have lots of meetings with other fellow mothers and fathers and often the topic of conversation is guilt after a situation  has got a bit out of hand. This could be acting out of character, going just ape over something small, disciplining exactly how we thought was best at the time or just feeling yuck because we had to discipline. The guilt I think comes when we see our child/children asleep in bed later, or they went to their other parent’s house, a friend’s or relative’s house. I feel most parents at some stage would have had this feeling. The best thing we can do is prepare for the next time. And by prepare I mean talk to other parents for ideas to see what they might have done. Secondly, write down alternatives to yelling or saying something you will regret. Have a list on the fridge:

Parental tactics: try and given a warning and then take a privilege away –

* take an activity away for a short period e.g. 20 minutes as the first step. (tv, internet, craft fun etc)

* If a particular treat was happening..warn it will be affected, for example if you are going bowling…take away the soft drink treat.

* timeout

* major privilege taken away for a whole day e.g.. mobile phone internet, a friend visiting, a party.

Now, I know some of the above ideas seem like small things to take away. However, to a child this is what is happening in their life and if it is important to them, it will make them think about how they can keep their privilege. So therefore catching children when things are starting to look a bit out of sorts is the best option. This means hopefully taking away the small privilege is enough of a jolt for them to act appropriately again. If the behaviour is not curbed by an initial tactic, the parent may be forced to take whole privileges away.

Of course age appropriate discipline is also the key. I am a fan of timeout and I think one minute per the child’s age is a good guide (eg. an 8-year-old has 8 minutes in timeout). Like anything persistence is the key. I have read so many books on children and behaviour over the years and I can’t suggest just one, so I think take half and hour to go to your local library, sit on the floor near the section on ‘children and behaviour’, and see what you can find!

Behavioural charts are also a good idea. I think these generally work for a while but like anything with kids variety is important to keep their curiosity and interest current.

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* Have a goal after so many ticks the child gets to choose the evening’s meal, a board game with you, internet or game time, cooking, or a small purchase at the shop.

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  1. Caz says

    April 23, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    Good advice.

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  2. Dave C says

    April 23, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    Some great practical suggestions Shaz. The bahavioural chart is an excellent idea! A menu of good things from which they can choose. I firmly believe in catching our kids doing something good and praising them for it – this way they learn exactly what we expect and that it is of mutual benefit.

    It is important when we discipline that we also retrain them as to the behaviour we expect. Unfortunately when all we yell is “dont hit your little brother” the word “dont” is often not heard and all they do hear us yell in their subconscious is “hit your little brother” and they may then also think “well what can I do to him to get him back for teasing me” and go with that all alternative for which they have not yet been chastised. I prefer to use positive, more holistic comments like “leave your little brother alone, talk to me if he is annoying you” or words to that effect.

    You make a good point on only taking away little things initially and escalating as appropriate. Taking away big things straight away builds immediate resentment, gives us no more room to move and allows the child no opportunity to redeem themselves – unless of course we continue to invariably cave in on our threats (probably thru guilt) and set a dangerous precedent for our future predictable weak behaviour and now undermined authority! I have had to withdraw a very major activity from my child. It hurt us both a lot and made me feel very guilty but the results in, the long run, were worth it!

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