Did you ever use the threat of a nap as discipline?
I never did, but I know lots of people do. I think it’s a bad idea. It gives the child the idea that nap is not something they should want. And besides, if the kid is acting up they’re are often doing it because they are tired and need a nap!
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No. It never even occurred to me, because NO threat was viable when it came to the frenetic, can’t sit still daughter. The remedy was to rush her outdoors at every opportunity to parks, playgrounds, beaches, wherever, and let her run herself to exhaustion. The nap would ensue on the way home.
Nope, never heard of that one before.
It’s not something I ever used.
No. That seems like a very bad idea. Going to sleep shouldn’t be seen by a punishment for a child.
I’ve sent kids to their rooms/bed for a while to think over some misbehavior before. Lots of times. Sometimes they fell asleep while they were there. But I never punished them by making them take a nap.
My parents can’t use that kind of punishment on me since they know too well that I like nap. Yeah they sometimes use nap as a threat to my brother when it’s late, like “One more <bad thing> and you are going to bed now” when it’s 10 at night. That is effective toward him. But so far no one is put to bed early yet.
@Earthbound_Misfit Agreed. I know it’s just a little, seemingly harmless thing, but conditioning kids to certain mentalities can go a damn long way, not always good. I’m just glad I’m not a mother, I would never know what to do.
Although I do know I would like to be threatened with naps. But I’m an adult, not the same.
I can say the threat of a “time out” worked best to keep them on an even keel and my boys were free to take a nap during time outs and often they did.
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I agree with all of you. I don’t understand why some people do that..
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