5 Comments

1. laraking says:

   December 27, 2009 at 11:11 pm

   We are having the worst trouble with our youngest daughter, 3 going on 4 very soon. She’s convinced that she rules the world, and that we are all her subjects. She’s EXTREMELY stubborn, and doesn’t seem to care that she affects everyone in our family when she’s on one of her rants. She does the broken record thing, and it’s driving my hsband bananas. He doesn’t know what to do with her, and it’s hurting her relationships with her brother, sister, and Daddy. If anyone has any advice, please let me know. I pray for her every minute, it seems. She’s a sweet, hilarious, cuddly bug of a tiny girl, but she just won’t listen, and doesn’t know when to quit. HELP!
2. ljulien says:

   January 11, 2010 at 3:34 pm

   I have a 3 and a half year grandson, my first, who lives with us. I have to admit, we are responsible for his current behavior which mirrors your daughters. Nevertheless, I have to keep in mind that we are still the adults and still responsible for correcting this behavior. My grandson hates being alienated. Putting him in his room, away from human interactions, works because he loves to talk! Spanking (spare the rod, spoil the child) on occasion also helps, as long as you use it sparingly. I pray that you get a lot more comments from younger parents because this is new again for me. My son just turned 29 and I don’t remember having such a hard time. God bless you!
3. Teddy Bona says:

   January 12, 2010 at 9:15 am

   It is so important to learn to properly discipline children, the punishment must fit the crime and we must as fathers discipline in love, we must also lift our children up when the do well we must recognize the fact that they acknowledged the correction and we must show them we are so incredibly proud of them, to our kids we speak absolute truth, as far as they are concerned there is no guile in us, so what we speak over them is what they believe about themselves, to all the fathers in the world remember to whom much is given much is required, your children are a gift from our Father!

   Please check out Wild at Heart by Jhon Eldridge it changed the way I raise my kids and it changed what I believe about myself as a man
4. drl says:

   June 10, 2010 at 11:07 am

   Three was not a good age at our house. My son went from an easy going child to a strong willed, my way or the highway child. It lasted from shortly before he turned 3 until shortly after he turned 4. I prayed a lot for patience & direction, I compromised when I could, and I stood my ground when it mattered. My daughter was always more stubborn, so we did not see the dramatic difference in her that we saw in our son, but I think the “terrible twos” are better than threes.

   Think & pray first before you react; give the consequence upfront, & then be sure you are ready to follow through. Don’t let the battles define or hurt your relationships…look for those positive traits and encourage them for both of your sakes. “The Strong Willed Child” by Dobson has some good advice, too. Take heart, God has given them each gifts that He will use and sometimes those gifts are hard to manage at young ages.
5. popin123 says:

   June 18, 2010 at 9:21 pm

   This stage of thinking they own evrything and that they are the boss will soon pass. remember direction your children in the way they shall go. direction her tell her that what she is doing is dont ok and that she needs to stop. put her in time out. seperate her from the group. Spanking also works. it hurts to do it but it has to be done. it your child is misbehaving they need to be put in check to know who is boss. that you are the adult and they are the child.
   God bless and hope this working