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My daughter who is now 10 was a HOLY TERROR. I tried time out, spanking, yelling, everything. none of that worked. So finally i decided i needed to hit her where it hurts so to speak. She loved playing with stuffed animals. She absolutely was addicted to them. She could not sleep without them all around here and she just loved them to death. So one day i told her that if she was going to scream and throw a fit, i was going to take a stuffed animal away each time she did it, starting with her least favorite first and they would go outside in the dumpster NEVER to be seen again. So she screamed and I took a stuffed animal and threw it outside in the dumpster where it stayed until the garbage man took it away. When i came in from the dumpster, she was having a FIT, throwing herself around and screaming and kicking. So i yelled loudly over her and said okay another one is going right now, so i picked up another and threw it out. I said to her as i was walking out to throw out the second one, if you continue to scream and kick i will keep throwing them out until you stop. Soon you will have NO stuffed animals. It is totally up to you! So when i came back in, she was QUIET!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then that night it was bedtime and she ALWAYS threw a fit at bedtime and got out of bed a million times and yelled and kicked. So i told her, if you cry, scream, kick or get out of bed at all i will take another stuffed animal out to the trash. So i tucked her in and shut the door and she threw her fit. She was testing me to see if i really meant it. Boy did I!!!!!!. I took another one and threw it right out. I came back in and told her that EVERY time i heard her out of bed, crying or doing anything but sleeping, i would throw out another one without even warning her. that was it. she NEVER gave me a fit at night again. Now she is 10 and still has her moments but she is a good girl and I dont have many problems with her. |
take this advice! - me
