Need creative discipline ideas for my lying 7 yr old...?

Question

tried punishment,talking...what's next?

Answer 1

LOL this sounds sort of ...derogatory...but...

Little kids are much like dogs...

dogs don't learn as well from punishment as from praise.

I am not saying not to punish you kid with 'time out' or 'spankings' ...as long as you're not abusing him

but when he does tell the truth, praise him greatly...

do not forget what wrong he has done but reward him.

Maybe have a few set up situations... like place a cookie on the counter top and see if he doesn't take it.

Don't alway reward him though...just occasionally so that way he never knows if he will be rewarded or punished...

Continue talks and discipline...threaten him with 'piano lessons' or 'no more TV'....etc...

Answer 2

start lying to him

see how he likes it

Answer 3

The last punishment I gave my daughter was a 10 sentence essay that she had to write, she had to state what she did wrong, why she did it and what she can do to correct her particular behavior problem.  She is 9 though and that may be too difficult for a 7 year old, but maybe this will give you an idea in a similar direction.  

I am a member of a group called CafeMom.com and it is a wonderful place to post your parenting questions.  Sometimes there is a lot of mama drama going on in there but also a lot of mama's going through same situations.

Answer 4

what kind of punishment? Discipline shoud be different for each child because different things work better for each person. Read the super nanny handbook, they have a lot of great ideas and methods in there, good luck

Answer 5

Take a look at the possible motive behind the behavior. Is it to get some one on one attention? Is it to get out of something? If the motive behind is addressed a lot of times the lying goes away.