One, Two Three

One, Two, Three is how I taught my children the difference between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. I started when they were about 18/24 months depending on the child.

When my children did something I found unacceptable I would start to count "One, twooooooooooo" and normally they stopped doing what they weren't meant to or started doing what I asked e.g. "Pick up your toys".
So what happens when you get to three - sad but true you need to punish your children. The punishment needs to be appropriate for the age/stage of the child, the personality of the child and the unaaceptable behaviour. To get ideas check under Corrections (just click on Corrections under this blog and all the associated blogs will come up).

When I counted to three I also held up my fingers One (one finger), Two (two fingers) which came in handy because when I was on the phone or had visitors as long as I had my childs attention I could still correct their behaviour with a shake of my head and my fingers.