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Old Nov 17, 2014, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by livelaughlove22 View Post
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.

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!
Thanks for this!
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