One-Third of Parents Don’t Know How to Show Their Kids Who’s Boss
disciplining their kids isn’t working out. Two thousand parents of kids
ages 2-11 were surveyed by researched who were interested in finding
out more about four common types of disciplinary techniques:
“time-outs,” removal of priviledges, yelling, and spanking.
Most
parents, almost 45%, said that they had used “time-outs,” and 42%
tried removing privileges. Only 13% said they yelled (…which is
complete bullsh*t. Only 13% yell? My ass.), and 9% copped to spanking
(again, we all know that number is probably higher).
About 31% claimed their methods were not effective, and 38% said they used the same techniques their parents used on them.
This
article makes no mention of positive discipline techniques (or
techniques which rely on natural consequences), and whether parents who
use those claim to be successful.
Personally, I’m a fan of
combining techniques
