Sunday 10 January 2010

Taming Monkeys

This week we have been subscribing more to the old wisdom of "spare
the rod and spoil the child". We started drilling into Jan that she
will get spanked if she disobey us.

Why this week? Partly it's because she started school again, and it's
very challenging every morning getting her to class on time if she
refuses to eat breakfast quickly or let us brush her teeth. In
addition, we also wanted to greet her elders when she sees them.

There was definitely resistance in the beginning, and much tears and
some frustration. But after a week, we have made good progress. Jan is
noticeably more obedient now, and understands the consequence of
disobedience. She has also started greeting uncles and aunties when
she sees them.

A pat on our backs! But I reckon this as the start of the long
journey of child discipline.

1 comment:

yam kel said...

mf, janine and i bought u guys a book for christmas 2009 - hope to be able to pass it to u and pt soon!! it should give u some interesting ideas to work toward ur goals :p