@chinesegirl41: oh yeah.... i explain as simply as i can so they understand what theyve done and why i punished them. thankfully my kids usually dont make me get to a third warning. but there are those occasions when they think theyll call my bluff.... but i dont bluff.

Lmao here haha Mommy Dearest, "Joan Crawford" Now that was one craaAaZZzzy Bit-ich! One Flew Over kinda thing! Forget the padded cell & striaght jacket, they should've just wrapped her in bubble wrap!

hahahah! i did say the wrong name lol. at least you knew who i meant! she was somthin else alright lmao! they shoulda given her the part of leatherface in texas chainsaw hahah! she woulda nailed it!
"no more wire hangers!!" while wielding a chainsaw!

@PaulG7719: I think its great that ya'll can voice your opinion without degrading each others point of view:) Your humor takes the edge off your opinion:)lol No more chainsaws!! :histeric:

My thoughts? I hope that they don't do it. When they did that in a store or someplace else I would take them out quickly and wait for them to settle down. It might be a little bit or it might take awhile. Then when they calm down I explain the situation so that they might understand.

thats what i like about this site! of course you have people that dont like what you have to say and attack you for it.... but mostly people will see your point for what it is and accept that we are different while at the same time giving you thier take on that particular subject. i love hitting the hard subjects and sparking deeper thoughts and conversation..... but the humor is just my personality ;)

@bigred1219: and i think thats great man. my boy threw a fit in wal-mart cause i wouldnt buy him a 60 dollar toy. i warned him and people are starin at me like "control your child". instead of swattin him, i left the cart there and we went home where he was promptly sent to the corner. he did it again.... same scenario... only this time i told him he was gonna get a swat if he didnt stop. then some old bat thought she was gonna smart off to me so i politely informed her where her head should be removed from.....

I do not raise a hand nor voice at my boys 4 and 7 yrs old at all. I whistle to get their a+tention if they are being overly loud (rare, since i like a semi quiet house and they know that). I get down on my knees at eye level, and ask how are you feeling, they tell me, what did you do wrong, they tell me, how do we resolve our problems. We come up with ideas, they say im sorry, hugs then loues, then they go fix their problem.
No competing, bragging in the house, everyone has chores, and an hour of quiet time a day. We also have what we call the peace wall, when theres an argument etc, you go to a wall touch it, hold the persons hand and solve your differences. If you have respect for your kids, they have it for you.

Mine know better than that. And I guess you mean more to your kids when youve almost died twice and you are still here. Life is precious we know, just ask us.

As for the temper tanturm get down and throw one too. One time is all it take to show them how embaressing they look.

ignore.... double post.

thats cool.... never thought about the wall thing. very creative. but im talkin about the most extreme, screaming, yelling, kicking, growling fit of rage that nothing else works. thankfully my babies arent that way..... yet. but if i cant solve the problem because the child (above the age of 8, old enough to control themselves) wants throw a bloody fit and refuses to stop no matter what, then i gotta take drastic measures. i dont mean abuse, i mean putting the fear of god in em. like my gramma always told me, "i love you with all my heart, but ill break you in half if i have too!"