Timeline for How can I handle my toddler's bedtime-avoidance tricks?

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Jun 12, 2012 at 17:02	comment	added	tomjedrz		The most important aspect is to NOT ACT FROM ANGER. You don't see people on Dr. Phil because they were spanked, but plenty whose Mom or Dad was "emotionally abusive."
Jun 12, 2012 at 16:52	comment	added	tomjedrz		Any punishment, in order to be effective, must be unpleasant. It must inflict discomfort of some kind in order to have an impact on future behavior. I don't see a difference between the physical discomfort and emotional discomfort, when both are given dispassionately and without anger.
Jun 12, 2012 at 16:36	comment	added	tomjedrz		How will you know if you don't read it? "Spanking" is non-specific and somewhat pejorative. He advocates using corporal punishment when other forms of punishment fail. I personally found a tight squeeze of the neck/shoulder muscle far more effective for defiance than anything else. Dobson clearly, specifically and repeatedly says one should not punish from anger. Which is worse .. effective corporal punishment delivered calmly, or repeating ineffective punishments with increasing levels of frustration and emotion?
Jun 12, 2012 at 7:34	comment	added	Torben Gundtofte-Bruun		Reviews on Amazon indicate that Dobson's book advocates spanking, which I personally don't believe in. Apart from that, it sounds promising. "Spanking is advocated, but there are so much more to this book [...]" say one, but I'm not sure I can look around that aspect. It's curious that the Amazon reviews are divided nearly 50/50 between one and five stars, with very few in the middle ground.
Mar 20, 2012 at 6:28	comment	added	Torben Gundtofte-Bruun		I very much like this answer. "Don't give in" is something I've said often enough myself, it should be obvious. Thanks!
Mar 20, 2012 at 4:06	history	answered	tomjedrz	CC BY-SA 3.0