Ding
dong!Round 787 commences.I stand with my back to the wall, eyeballing my tiny
competitor. In the red corner an angry toddler,in the blue corner a withered
mummy.
"Buttons!"
the
toddler bellows,red in the face,pointing at the object of her desire-the
washing machine and it's tempting array of buttons to press and muck about
with. But I have just reset this particular cycle for the fourth time and I am
in no mood to reset it a fifth time.
"Nooo " I
answer back, my voice rising in decibels.
"You're
screaming at her again. You only wind her up more when you do that."
A new competitor has
entered the ring. My partner representing France and what I consider to be the
"softly, softly" approach to toddler discipline.
I was very kindly asked to write a guest
post for Wriggly Rascals-a fantastic resource website for mums- on the sticky
subject of disagreements on toddler discipline; something that can be all too
common in households where there are little people!
You can read
the rest of the article here and see how myself and the Frenchman
managed to reconcile our two very different styles and if you have any tips on
helping other mums in this situation, you can share them here.
About Wriggly Rascals
Wriggly
Rascals was set up by Shona Motherwell, a frustrated mum of twins
Mhairi
and Archie to get mums together to share pregnancy, baby and toddler
advice
via quick surveys to get the facts about what other mums do. Our
mums pass on
loads of great tips to mums who have asked for help. If you would like some
advuice, get in touch at www.wrigglyrascals.com
Fascinated to read about the Frenchman's approach to discipline as I always thought the French were really strict with their kids! I like your agreed strategy though - it's very similar to mine, even though my children are a lot older :)
ReplyDeleteThey are stricter in terms of limiting sugary foods and mobile phones and TV but they seem so much calmer than we are-maybe due to being stricter if that makes sense?
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