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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On 7/27/2015 7:00 AM, wrote:
>
> > I agree, sometimes it means you have to leave and go home when you
> > didn't wish to, but I found I only had to do something like that once
> > with each child and they got the message.
> >
> That's what we did with our kids - if they started to misbehave, we (no
> matter how inconvenient to us) immediately removed them from the premises.
> They learned quickly!
> After that, simply raising an eyebrow and nodding toward the exit was
> enough.

Same here.

These days I hear parents repeatedly threatening their kids with
consequences ("Do that again and I'll take you outside/take it away"
etc), over and over again, without carrying through. No wonder their
kids ignore them and carry right on.

Janet UK