Ask a parent: Creative punishments
The kids are home due to the national lockdown and they are driving you up the wall!
According to a survey on StudyFinds of 2,000 British adults with kids between the ages of 2 and 12, parents have an average of 2,184 arguments with their children every year. Broken down, that translates to 182 spats per month, 42 per week, or 6 each day.
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Apparently, the top five causes are:
1. Children not eating everything on their plate
2. Untidy bedrooms
3. Children saying they are hungry but not wanting to eat anything healthy
4. Children complaining they are full after barely touching their food
5. Siblings fighting with each other
So, if you feel like you’re going crazy, you’re not alone.
Zoe, a listener, asked us for some assistance when it comes to disciplining her kids, because she has had it now.
So, we decided to help Zoe out by asking KZN: What are the most creative ways you’ve disciplined your kids, and did it work?
Listen to the podcast to hear what KZN had to say: