Darwin discovered that behaviors flourish in a condusive environment. societies are built that way as well. I have a very bright 4.5 y.o. It was very hard to get her to stop piling all of the couch cusions as I got tired of falling over them. I have modified my behavior when walking to not stomp on little toys that would break. I paid for them and do not want to hear the crying. You mentioned Squirrel zappers, so you admit that you need a "I said *NO!". tThe inside pipe off, the handle off are good answers. We admit we come from a "beat the wife", "beat the kids" mindset as well as a "drive with a drink" mentality. Do *gravity works, and those kind of things will teach. Your child might understand seeing their very very favorite toy, very visibly to far to reach, for half a week for turning that water on. I taped that Barbie to the top of her door, and she very rarely throws toys. But you have to do the "every time you see that, you will think of how you threw it when I said not to" or the approiate equivelent. If we've all jumped in, I'm sorry for all of us as we are sorry. But a short term answer is what you are looking for. Best Regards
On Mon, 14 May 2007, Jennifer Jackson wrote: > Edward, > > Thanks for the unsolicited parenting advice. How many kids do you have > again? I am really sorry your father abused you. I am never quite sure > which thing to say when someone's says something like this. > > Ok, actually I do not think spanking is automatically abuse, but I do wonder > what kind of response someone expects to a comment like this. I can tell you > that pain is not a deterrent for my kids. My eight year old actually will > stand at the top of the stairs and go all loose to fall down the stairs on > purpose. he thinks it is funny. Every kid is different. a little swat kept > my sister in line and well behaved. I on the other hand never took a > spanking as anything but being hit. My grandfather never hit me and always > said I was a very well behaved kid. My mother regularly spanked me and had > to keep doing it over and over. > > > Jennifer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Edward Przybylek > To: BlindHandyMan > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 7:57 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] outdoor water faucet > > > Hi all, > > I've followed this thread with interest and, frankly, I think you're all > looking at the problem the wrong way. First, we need to identify the > problem. Once this is done, the solution becomes very simple. The problem > is not the faucet but, rather, it is the children. The faucet doesn't need > modification. The children need an attitude change. My dad's favorite > attitude changer was his belt. He had a simple approach to most problems > involving misbehaving children. Identify the problem, apply the attitude > changer, repeat if necessary. It worked for me and my siblings and every > other kid in the neighborhood in which I was raised. Give it a try. I > think you'll be surprised at the results. > > Take care, > Ed > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
