Umm... I don't know what part of my post led you to believe that he had "gone against my wishes". He is very well behaved, and since a toddler has responded very well to the "time-out" form of discipline, to the point where I haven't actually had to put him in time-out for about 3 years now because he is able to choose the correct behaviour when being presented with a warning, and otherwise he pretty much does as he's told. The long-term goal of disciplining young children is to raise them to be able to have self discipline (i.e. to choose the right behaviour in a variety of circumstances) because when they are older you are not going to be able to be there every second of their lives (especially when they are teenagers and under peer pressure) to tell them "do this, don't do that". Yes, you will be giving them guidance throughout their lives, but ultimately you have to release an adult into the world who is able to make correct moral choices on their own and that is a lot more complex than giving them treats like a dog (though I understand your line of thinking, and indeed reward charts work well for young children).Owen Robertson said:
In the above example, he was just asking an innocent question, and if he thinks that misbehaviour might lead to prison then that only serves to help him make the correct moral choices. OK, it's a misleading lie, but that's what this thread was about after all.
