Parenting Tips

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1. Please list the number of children you have , their sex, and age.

2. What kind of tips would you like to find here?

3. What do you do when your child tells you "NO" when you ask him/her to do something for you?

do you give the child a time out

do you send the child to his/her room

do you just let the child do what he/she wants

Please explain if you do something different then the above

4. How do you handle a fit the child throws in a shopping center?

leave without getting what you wanted to get

give in to the child and get him/her what they want

handle the problem at home once you are done shopping

If you handle the problem at home, what do you do?

5. The dinner fight, the child doesn't want to eat what was cooked. What do you do?

6. The bedtime fight... "I'm not tired!!! I don't want to go to bed. What tricks of the trade do you use?

7. Sibling fighting is something we all as parents have to deal with. How do you handle it after you have told them to stop and they don't?

put the child involved in timeouts

just leave them alone they will stop sometime

send them to their room

other

If you choose other, please explain.

8. The clothing fight parents have when we dress our children. We are talking younger children here.

allow them to pick out what they want with in reason

tell them they are wearing what you have picked out

don't have this problem

9. How do you keep your child out of things they are not supposed to be in?

10. What do you do when they will not pick up after themselves?

leave the mess for them to clean

pick it up yourself its easier

tell them if they don't pick up the items will be gone

other

If it is other, please tell us your tips.

11. How do you know if your child is lying to you and what do you do?