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Should I smack my kid for wetting his pants?

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My kid pees his pants. Nothing is wrong with him at the doctor. If he gets mad he does it or if he does not get his way. He is 7.

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  1. No definately not!!!!!   It wont do any good..


  2. It won't fix things. When he does it, make him clean up the mess, then send him to his room for awhile. Sometimes even negative attention is better than none. If he's going to continue it, make him clean it up and then sit on his bed for acting out.

  3. If a doctor has cleared him of not having anything physically wrong with him, then perhaps it's time to speak with a child behavioralist.

    However, you might want to get a second opinion on his physcial anatomy. Surprisingly, many people have birth defects of the reproductive system and urinary tract. In fact, babies that are born with a birth defect are most commonly born with heart defects (1 in 115 to 150) almost a third of all defects combined. Coming in a close second at around 31% to 32 % are defects of the bladder, urinary tract and reproductive organs. There may be a real physical problem and that should be throughly investigated by a pediatric urologist before going further.

  4. I wouldn't spank him for that. No one can be absolutely sure there's nothing wrong iwth him even the docs.

    Start a reward program with him, for every day he goes without wetting his pants, give him a sticker, if he gets 7 stickers for a week of not wetting his pants, let him trade them in for a dollar. I bet he'll learn to control his bladder no matter how mad he gets.

  5. no its a phase he'll out grow it

  6. Make him wear the pants all day long. Don't smack him. Let him enjoy his pee pants...

  7. Don't smack him. Make him wash his own clothes. If he can read and knows his numbers he can learn how to set up the washing machine. Pile the clothes in the laundry room. When he runs out he will not have a choice.

  8. My hubby and I did it with my step son. We had to... He just wasnt' getting that it wasn't a choice of having to go in the potty or not... he still thought he got a choice.

    We spanked him 2 or 3 times after he did that and we have had no problems since.

    I know its frustrating... hang in there and be consistent!

  9. If he wets his pants on purpose you should tell him to clean himself up. He is old enough to do that. He would problely  get tired of having to clean himself every time. And you could say to him, "[Child`s name], if your are going to act like a baby than your are going to be treated like a baby. That means you can`t ride an rides at the amusement park" or get to go to an other place that your son may like. he will soon stop wetting his pants because he won`t be able to go to his favorite places.

  10. No! You should have taught him how to use the bathroom!

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  11. No. Then he will get what he wants. He is doing it to get you upset. Let him know that him wetting his pants is nasty and you are going to let all his friends know the next time he does it.

  12. Nothing may be "physically" wrong with your son but something is "mentally" bothering him.  If he intentionally wets his pants then he is desperately looking for attention.

    Talk to him.  If you aren't able to figure out what is bothering him or what the changes are in his life that could be bothering him, take him to a mental health professional for answers.

    "Smacking" him certainly isn't the answer.

    mb

  13. Smacking him is not going to help, You need to find out if he was not allowed to go to the bathroom; because this was a true story. At age 7/8 informed the teacher at the last minute that I needed to go; but the teacher thought I was trying to get out of trying to participate; so she said no; persisted and said if you must go,go right there! so i did, was not ashamed 'cos I told the teacher, Teacher wrote in my folder and my parents had to come to school which put the teacher in a very bad spot.  2.  If the Doctor said bladder is fine; Does he wet himself at other times or with a particular teacher or subject and/or is not stressed out about anything in school (example: bullying); then you need to retrain your child about how to hold up his bladder until he gets to the bathroom.   Goodluck!

  14. Hitting NEVER makes the situation any better!

  15. No.  that is child abuse lady!  wow.  would you really smack him.  Tell him that if he is going to pee his pants that he has to wash them himeslf.  that is: make sure he knows what to do.

  16. um tat is abuse. and um yuou should talk to him maybe its something YOU are doing!

    wow. be a parent.

  17. definatley don't hit him that won't solve anything

    you should  just make him wash his own clothes

    or tell him that he will start wearing pull ups again

    (reinforce this with a bag of them nearby)

    and if he continues make him sit in time out

    ground him

    anything it is unsanitary and yucky

  18. NO ugh i hate when people hit their kids. it makes me want to throw up.ugh it pisses me off UGH

  19. are you for real?  obviously you are describing your son as acting out passive/aggressively to you with is urinating his  pants and your answer is violence?  I think you need to work with your son on healthy outlets for his anger or frustration.  smacking his is mean and would not help your poor child

  20. It is not a medical problem. He can't help it. It just means that his bladder has not grown enough yet. You should not punish a kid for what he can't control.

  21. No - don't hit him. Tell him if he is going to act like a three year old you will treat him like a three year old. And three year olds don't play video games, don't get to go over to friends houses, and whatever else you can take away from him.

    I did this with my daughter when she was 5. Not for wetting her pants, but for whining and throwing fits. It was a bit of a battle, but it worked.

  22. That is disgusting.  There is no reason for a 7 year old to be wetting his pants.  I'm not against spanking, but I think he's a little old for it.  I'd make him clean himself up and clean his clothes.

  23. Don't smack him, just make him clean the mess and wash his own clothes. If he ruins the clothes or undies then make him pay for replacements out of his own allowance.

    It might also behoove you to dicuss with him better ways to deal with anger and disapointments. He's 7 and can surely find a better outlet than peeing his pants.

  24. Smacking him isn't the way to deal with this.  That'll only make him do it more, give him a complex or something....

    If he really is doing it on purpose, make him wash his own clothes(as well as a 7 year old can) and clean up the mess.

    You might consider that it isn't a physical problem... Psychological maybe?  I'd look into that too.

    Do anything except smack him.

  25. don't smack him that is child abuse. If he does it have him wash his own clothes. i mean isn't it humiliating i don't see why he would do it because he is only makeing a fool out of himself. No offence! don't sue me i don't got any money.

  26. Do not smack him. Make him hand-wash or just wash in a michine his own clothes and he'll get tired of all the laundry and might learn to stop.
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