He's doing a whole series on Parenting 101!!! LOL!
You think YOU'RE being tough on the kids? He had one mom on there today with a hellion 4 year old who will wet his pants on purpose to get out of a time out in the corner!!!!
Dr. Phil's suggestion? Not only does his time out start again with any move or word the kid says, but if pees, he stands there in it and THEN he gets to wear those pants for the rest of the day!!!
The mom was mortified...but Dr.Phil quite rightly pointed out that the kid would likely NEVER do that again!
He said that a kid needs to know with 100% certainty what the outcome will be for a given misbehaviour...and the punishment (removal of privileges etc.) MUST be consistent.
Made a whole lot of sense to get rid of the hidden reinforcements kids get out of acting up...like playing mom off of dad...like "pushing buttons"...like getting you angry...
Seems like these would be negatives, but many times what grownups think is punishment (yelling for eg) is actually much coveted attention!
Okay enough from the crazy lady with the cats...one of whom is seriously neurotic!!!
