A question for people who DO NOT have small children.

[PhxRsng]

I was a very well behaved kid but it was a different time.  Warning one was the full name being used, warning two was a spanking and warning three was not being able to sit down for a week.  It worked wonders. 

[xiØn]

When I was little and would get pissed, I'd hide inside the circular racks of clothing. Sometimes I'd fall asleep in there. Took mom quite a while to find me the first few times.

[<3 Amber <3]

That's right, I used to use a whistle to stop LB from barking--he'd bark, I'd blow the whistle, he'd stop, come for a treat, I'd praise and treat. Then he got so he'd bark when he wanted a treat. Now we are doing something else.

Example of kid "red lighting" an adult:
Kids aren't allowed to cuss. An adult says "damn", kid says Yellow Light.
Adult says "Aww hell", kid says "Red Light" ...

bwhahahahah....that's funny. And that really does happen!  lmao! 

[Havikats]

[<3 Amber <3]

yeah if I have no other option than to grab my kid by the arm, and swat my kid on the ass in public, I am not above it. And I don't give a crap who's watching or what they think. At the end of the day, I have to do what is necessary for *MY* child.

[xiØn]

I swat other peoples kids. Even if they are behaving... Just to let them know who is Alpha.

[<3 Amber <3]

[Ashly]

I am a fan of the quick arm pinch if all else fails in public. Spanking does nothing to my kids but the pinch gets their attention.

[Arctic.rose]

to preserve *MY* sanity, I stick my 5 1/2 y.o. in one of those dreaded car carts and hand him his Nintendo DS. (the DS is a rare treat, so it works)  If it's a short list, I make him help me find stuff and cross it off.  If it involves more than 10 coupons, the DS is in my purse!

[Wolfy]

I am a fan of the quick arm pinch if all else fails in public. Spanking does nothing to my kids but the pinch gets their attention.

I tried the little guestures like that. The first time I pinched Jr he screamed "why did you pinch me that hurt" .Needless to say when we went to the store he wasn't a problem. Or Im blocking it from my memory.