And you do it again and again and again and again as many times as necessary until the child gets the message.
Two classic ways to fail at parenting are not setting boundaries and/or setting boundaries and not enforcing them.
Some people smack because they're lazy and uncreative. It's fast and effective because it gets the desired result for the parent. But that's not without significant unwanted consequences for the child. There is zero need to smack unless it's something extreme like immediate physical danger is present and you just need to get their attention. Even then they respond pretty well to the right voice signals.
Watch enough episodes of super nanny and it will sink in. She uses the same damn technique every. single. time. It's just consistently enforcing the boundaries. Sometimes for hours at a time if need be. This usually is on required for a few days and things change.
I'd say that so far has mapped pretty well to raising my toddler. It's not always easy but we do what we have to.
Two classic ways to fail at parenting are not setting boundaries and/or setting boundaries and not enforcing them.
Some people smack because they're lazy and uncreative. It's fast and effective because it gets the desired result for the parent. But that's not without significant unwanted consequences for the child. There is zero need to smack unless it's something extreme like immediate physical danger is present and you just need to get their attention. Even then they respond pretty well to the right voice signals.
Watch enough episodes of super nanny and it will sink in. She uses the same damn technique every. single. time. It's just consistently enforcing the boundaries. Sometimes for hours at a time if need be. This usually is on required for a few days and things change.
I'd say that so far has mapped pretty well to raising my toddler. It's not always easy but we do what we have to.