Children have a very short attention span. A reasonable application of pain (a slap on the back of the hand for touching something dangerous or a smack to the butt for bad behavior) that is repeated as needed, works. Of course every child is different and the age that you can stop corporal punishment and start reasoning with them varies.
Children have a very short attention span. A reasonable application of pain (a slap on the back of the hand for touching something dangerous or a smack to the butt for bad behavior) that is repeated as needed, works. Of course every child is different and the age that you can stop corporal punishment and start reasoning with them varies.