How Do You Punish A Two Year Old?

Well usually it's quite difficult to punish two years olds, because you generally don't want to be too harsh to them. If they have made a mistake and are liable for punishment try to explain to them that the act they have done is wrong and warn them by saying it should not happened again.

Avoid hitting the child as it will have a bad psychological effect. If you still think that the child needs to be punished, employ mild punishments like, cut down their playing time or television watching time.

Be a little stern to them, make sure that the child realizes his mistake and as to why is he being punished. Tell them that if a similar mistake takes place again the punishment could be harsher.

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Not necessarily punish them, but ensure they come to terms with what they have done; making them apologise and by making them tell you why they are saying sorry. Also take away toys and stuff. Reward systems really help, as I have studied this is my early years degree.

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Time outs can be a very effective method of discipline for any young children. A time-out is non-violent and gives both you and your toddler a chance to cool off.

A good rule of thumb is one minute per year of age. Following that rule, a two year old would get two minutes in his or her room, sitting in the corner, or on the stairs. Wherever you choose for your time-out place, stick to it and make sure that the child isn't just playing (a common problem in bedrooms.) Put an egg timer or set the microwave timer or something for two minutes and tell the child they can come out when the timer goes off. If they come out early, immediately return them to their room and reset the timer. The first time you do this, it make take several tries to get the child to stay. Whatever you do, do NOT let them come out early. If they do come out early the first time, they will learn that they don't have to listen to you and that if they walk out of their room, you don't really care.

Make sure you keep your anger under control. Getting angry will not solve the problem, and hitting your child (however much you may want to) is not the best solution.

Good luck. Toddlers can drive anyone up the wall!

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