My daughter is 3 and I'm still dealing with that terrible 2's thing. It was really bad. Throwing random fits in the store, saying "No", etc.
I was abused physically and beaten by my mothers random boyfriends, growing up. So i never yelled at my daughter and I would never hit her like i got hit.
Solution: Spankings!!
I hated doing it and never did it out of anger. Spanked her a total of 3 times and it worked wonders. All i do is count to 3 and at 2 she is listening and following directions.
Night and day difference spankings have made. Now i just use the threat of a spanking and she snaps into line. Its like magic.
I will be the 1st to tell you that raising a child is no joke serious work. My girlfriend is a full-time mom and works with my daughter everyday. We have no grandparents or uncles, or relatives helping out with baby sitting.
I could not imagine raising a kid by myself. One wrong move in raising my daughter, she will be in porn. Thats how I look at it.
My girlfriend is pretty awesome at setting up family things to do every week with kids. If it were me alone, I would suck as a parent. I now really understand the value of both parents.
I am grateful for all I have and will be coming to this thread for new ways of looking at things as a parrent.
