Why Cant He Just Do What I Need Him to When It Comes to Disapline *Edit

Updated on June 01, 2010
J.B. asks from Garfield, WA
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my husband fights me on disaplining our daughter. he sleeps all day and never really spends time with my daughter and i unless hes forced to. any who my 3 year old daughter got sent to her room for not listening and was told to sit there until she was ready to apologize (it gives her time to cool down and myself then i talk to her when she says sorry). well as soon as my my daughter gets sent to her room my husband calls her out into our room. i called my daughter 4 times to go into her room loud enough that i know they could hear me and she didnt come. so i got up and went in my room and asked her were you told to go in daddies room or your room and she said her room. so i told her she needed to now go in her room and sit until she was ready to apologize for not listening to me again.
my husband tells me that i need to just let it go and i dont agree with that. she is old enough to learn and know that her actions have consequinces (i have been like this since day 1 so its not new to either of them). i told him i know darn well that he didnt get away with things as a child and she wont either. she knows when she has done something she wasnt supposed to and she gets put in her room with the door open untill she has calmed down to say sorry. somedays its quick and others its not.
because my husband chooses to not be very involved i have had to be the one to disipline so i have accepted that i will probably be the parent that she hates when shes older and thats ok its for her own good so i can hope she turns out a well rounded and good person.
i have learned to use time outs over spanking and i only swat when she missbehaves in a time out after 2 warnings. im at my wits end because my husband puts me down and makes nasty comments when what i do when all he does is scream and yell at her and treaten her with me and i really dont like that. i just want a tiny bit of respect from him i dont ask for much.

i realized with a post that i didnt explain why my husband was in bed all day. he works all night. so i do understand why he sleeps durring the day but on his days off when its family time hes in his room or glued to the tv and god forbid if you bother him. our daughter loves her daddy very much but she always hears just a minute. or him yelling stop im busy dont touch that blah blah. if your going to say just a min mean it dont prolong it for an hour. our daughter is pretty patient for her age but a 3 year old can only wait so long. also i have always had her sit in her room until she is done crying because its what works for us. it also gives her the chance to voice her disgust by crying because shes in trouble. i refuse to have an unruley child and i have worked very hard to get her where she is today. people are amazed how well she listens.

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A.D.

answers from Reno on

She is 3 years old not a child...Spanking is never ok and time out should be supervised and age related, 2 years 2 minutes, 3 years 3 mintues. Maybe she is reacting to your frustrations of feeling you in this along. Becareful not to take it out on her and always remind her how much you love her. Explanations sould be brief and never long drawn out reasons for why your punishing her. She is Only 3 and everything is still new and exciting for her, don't you wish you were sometimes, so make it short and let it go... And if dad doesn't want to be part of things maybe you should let him go too.

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D.P.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Sounds like he is taking the easy way out...and the temporary O.. I'm with you...if she doesn't listen now, she's not gonna listen next year, or the next.....

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P.G.

answers from Tulsa on

Hang in there, Mom. She won't hate you when she's older. Well, when she's a teen, but she's supposed to.
I was the disciplinarian in our house. It wasn't "wait till Dad gets home", it was "wait till Dad goes to work.".
Now my kids are grown and we all laugh about it, but they know why I did what I did, and they know they are better people for it.
As for Dad, unfortunately they will remember that he was a lousy Dad who screamed and not much else.

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J.L.

answers from San Diego on

Hi J., Some parents think it is easier to just give in and let kids do what they want, it sounds like your husband is one of those, remember though being set to her room is punishment not discipline, swatting her is discipline, and you know what sweetie it may not look like it now, but when she is older, she will have more respect for you than her dad. My husband was a great disciplinary and it caused my kids to have so much love and respect for him, I was more of the softy, but to this day J., our grown kids thank both of us for their discipline becasue they feel it made them the adults they are now, your reward as a disciplinary is coming. I have been following your posts ever since your daughter was born, and In my opinion you are have have always been a good mother. J. L.

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K.K.

answers from San Diego on

Hello, You didn't mention why your husband is in bed all day. However, I would make it very clear to him that he is undermining what you are trying to do and that it is very disrespectful of him. If he doesn't want to be a positive influence in your daughter's life, then he at least should not try to make you look bad. Don't worry about her hating you, she will know that you are trying to make a responsibler person out of her and she will love you for it.
Good luck with your precious little girl.
K. K.

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