[StrawberryFields]

We never really believed in spanking as punishment. Occasionally I think there may have been a swat or two as an attention getter when they were in danger like touching the stove. We used time outs as a form of punishment and loss of privilege as they got older. I have also learned to think about why children are misbehaving. Sometimes they just want a parents attention and negative attention is better then no attention at all. I also learned that sometimes my boys would fight right in front of me and if I told them to take it out on the lawn...that I didn't want blood on MY carpets the battle would end. When they were really young and I would see them fight I would stop what ever I was doing and run and hide. Pretty soon we would all be laughing and the fight was over as they came looking for their strange mom. Sometimes I would make them sing silly songs that I had made up to fit the "crime". Sometimes I would make them stand on one leg for a few minutes just to break the pattern. It would most likely be done two at a time and they would laugh at each other.

I have learned that overall CBG method works very well for everyone in our family. CBG stands for Caught Being Good.