My son doesn't listen when outdoor.?

Question

I have a 3 1/2 year old son who is stubborn and doesn't listen when we are out. I know that he is taking an advantage of surrounding my others and not listening. When we are home, he would listen because he doesn't want to get spank or getting sent to his room, but when we are outdoor he knows that I would not spank him in front of people so he's taking an advantage of that and use it to try and get what he wants in a store or run around and throw tantrums. My question is if there is anyone out there who has kids like mines please give me some advice of what you do to get them to listen. Wheather it's from parents or non-parents any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Well it might sound a bit rough but it worked with us. My parents well, more like my mom, would take us to the nearest restroom and discipline us there.. not yelling but explaining the consequences... and then she would take it from there. My dad always backed her up though so we knew we weren't going to get away with one and not the other.. Lets say for example we were at a party and we started running around and yelling, she would take us the restroom and explain that our conduct was not appropriate and that if she had to get our attention again she would take us back to the restroom and spank us or pinch us.. well needless to say we learned really quick we were always the best behaved kids at parties and doctors appointments... Hope this helps... Don't be afraid to discipline your children,just don't abuse your power either.

Answer 2

Buy a choke chain for him, like what you get for dogs.

No seriously, that's what my parents did, and it worked, I used to be a little sh.t but with that I started behaving within the week. One sharp yank and I'd be the best behaved girl in the town.

Answer 3

Wow, my brother was just like that!  It would be soooo embarrassing taking him to the store.  He would have this high pitched scream like he was being tortured if we didn't buy him something or if he didn't get his way.  My mom decided to eliminate all sugar from his diet (kiddie cocaine she says) and food colorings (red dye especially would trigger him).  After a couple of days, he was like a totally different person!  No more tantrums and he would actually listen.

Answer 4

call me old fashioned but mine gets a gentle pop in front of people or not, you could try to tell him when he acts up okay that's one spank when you get home and keep counting every wrong doing and fall through with it when you get home just remember what they were for because more than likely he wont by the time he gets home, but pop him and say this is for  this  and this is for that.good luck and be consistent and by age 5 you will start seeing all your efforts start to finally pay off.

Answer 5

You should threaten to not take him anywhere. That's what my mother did when she wanted to go shopping or to a garden party, and I would usually behave. But then she would get mad if I went in the displays, or hid under tables, or wandered off.

Answer 6

Inform your son that just because you are in public dosen't mean you cannot be punished for your behavior when you get home. Take toys away or put him in the corner when you arive back at the home.

Answer 7

I give mine a spanking in front of people.  Are you afraid that something might happen to you?  If you don't want to spank him in front of people my girlfriend always took them to the nearest restroom.  I believe in the spanking just enough to get their attention.  You really need to that's why kids are acting the way they do now a days because they are getting away with acting like a brat.