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Originally Posted by livelaughlove22
I gave a threat yesterday that I won't follow through with and now I think I made things harder. The other kids with us were behaving really well -and so was she for the first few hours in the park- all the sudden she started being really bad. I told her that I cannot carry her because she's too heavy so she needed to stay near me. She kept running off and doing tons of other bad things. I pulled her off to the side and out of embarrassment said -you behave right now or I will spank your bottom right here- which she knows I won't do in public.
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It's ok! I've done it over and over. Just pick a threat you CAN follow through with, such as "we will sit on this bench while the other kids play" and see what happens. It's about progress, not perfection!