Parenting Test... how do you measure up?

Answer to Question 1: If my one year old dumps cereal all over the floor I would explain to him this is not what we do when we are done eating. Answer to Question 2: If my child hit his friend I'd tell him that we don't use our hands to hit anybody. Do you think you should tell your friend something? (to get him to appologize I was told never to force child to say I am sorry) Tell child we share toys. If you and your friend cant take turns then I will put the toy in time out. You got first in a few minutes it will be your friends turn. Answer to Question 3: If my child has an accident in her pants I tell her it happens lets get cleaned up. I ask her if she is ok. Let her know that we don't go potty in our pants you go on toilet. I also try to ask her more frequently if she has to go. Answer to question 4: If my child would stay home sick then start running around I say I see you are feeling better. Your not hurting any more. I had this happen before My daughter said oh my belly still hurt. Answer to Question 5: If for one day my child dose not do her chores I will ask her why they were not done today? See if she need help doing them. Tell her if there not done the next day she is going to be aloud to have or do something fun she likes that day.

No right or wrong answers??? Okay I would put a beatin' on them for each question and see how long I keep my babies. LOL Okay Seriously I have three children and there have been good times and bad. I haven't always done the perfect things but I try my best to give a healthy safe loving learning home. So for the questions 1. I think it would depend on how I was feeling. If I am running out the door, I would probably give a sad face and say no to let them know that isn't cool and then I would clean it up. If I had the time I would likely get the toy cleaning stuff and get them to "help" clean it up. 2. I would try to teach them to share and let the other child have the toy and say no to the hitting but still let them play. If they still can't play right then I would take the toy away from them both. 3. I trained three children and that happened a few times. I would get them to a potty as fast as I could and clean them up. It is part of the job that eventually ends. Thank God I forgot all about that. LOL 4. My kids have said they were sick and played all day. I would not let them play and say if they are sick then we can go off to school. Then they do lay down. But the next time they say they are sick they go to school if I can't tell any sign of sickness. But my kids are good now and hardly ever miss school. 5. My kids have chore charts and get an allowance at the end of the month. If they don't do a chore then they don't get as much as the other kids that did. You would be surprised that I never have to fight to get them to do a chore and they always get done.

1) 1 yr olds are supposed to do that, so I wouldn’t be shocked or anything. Next time I would give him a small bowl of cereal of his own so that he can enjoy ‘feeding’ himself, while I do the actual feeding from another bowl. 2) I would gently take the toy back and give it to the other kid and make both of them share the toys 3) What can I do except reiterate what I told her about potty training and hope she remembers the next time. However, 3 years is still quite early for them to control all the time so that should be kept in mind. 4) I do not encourage absenteeism so probably my child would have to go to school…even then if I did allow her to stay back and then she’s romping around, I would gently but firmly ask her why she did not want to go and work on that. 5) Firm on that…never let the chores get undone, it becomes a habit with them.

1. I would take the bowl away and clear up to mess having said "no" when my son threw his cereal on the floor. 2. I would say that we must share and my son should be sorry for hitting his friend. 3. That would be sad. I would clean my daughter and dress her in fresh clothing. 4. I would telephone the school and make an appointment to meet my child's teacher. I would discuss if she thinks any bullying is going on. That evening I would talk to my daughter and see why she didn't want to go to school. 5. That would be irritating. So I would ask my daughter to do one task before bed time. The next day I would suggest a reward if she does all her tasks. That was my imagination. I have a son aged 13 years and a son aged 22 months. I am currently pregnant with a little girl.

1: clean it up - like I've did several times before *lol* that's a thing that will happen sooner or later fort most parents! 2: I would help them to play nicer - it's another thing that happens as well with small children. 3: Clean it up!There's nothing else to do 4: Ask her why she didn't want to go to school - my children loves school so something must be wrong if they didn't go there! 5: We don't have daily chores in our home - they does them one day or another - so it gets done (most of the time) - if not I tell them to do them. I have three girls, 3,5 years old, 9,5 years old and 11 years old

These are very interesting situations that would surely test the parent. Since my son is only 2 1/2, I can only answer the first 2 questions. 1. This actually happened. I picked up the bowl and cleaned up the mess, while at the same time telling my son that it's not good to play with and throw away his food. I did my laughing later. :) 2. This is something you can't avoid with toddlers, since they are innately selfish. I usually tell my child that it is not good to hit others, make him say sorry to the other kid and try to persuade him to share. Sometimes, he will share, and I will praise him for doing so. If he doesn't, then I won't force him. Instead, I'd entice the other kid with another toy.

My daughtert is just three years old and I can only answer few questions. . . I have answered the appropriate questions for me and got some funny answers. ..

1. Your 1 year old dumps his bowl of cereal on the floor and laughs. What do you do? A: Probably laugh too (im a sucker for a giggly baby) clear it up and them and go and play the child is 1 and hardly has a clue what they did is wrong! I probably would say no we dont do that chances are they wouldnt get more food either you throw it you cant be that hungry lol! 2. Your 1 year old has a friend over to play and his friend wants to play with one of his toys. He hits his friend because he wants the toy for himself. What do you do? A: Give the friend a cuddle make sure he is ok and then find them both a different toy to play with after telling my child she shouldnt have done it but again at 1 they are too little to understand shouting punishments lead by example I say! (you fight over toys in this house and you lose them) 3. You have a 3 year old that is potty training and she makes a mess in her pants. What do you do? A: Say "It doesnt matter" to reassure her that accidents happen and im not angry clear her up and go find something to take her mind off it ( I have a three year old shouting and screaming wont get you anywhere but provoke more accidents) 4. Your school aged child gets up one morning and tells you she is sick. You let her stay home from school, but she runs around all day and is obviously not sick! What do you do? A: Take her into school for the afternoon and tell her that lying to me is wrong and use a suitable punishment probably the removal of a fav toy for 24 hours. 5. Your school aged child has a chore chart and one day she doesn't do any of her chores. What do you do? A: Good deeds are rewarded in this house even just a cuddle or some praise, id remind her that she needed to do her chores and ask if she maybe needed a little help at 5 she is too young to always remember and sometimes a helping hand helps her do the chores.

1. Probably start laughing and get the camera. 2. Tell the child no in a stern voice. 3. Don't yell at her for sure. It's called an accident for a reason. At that age, you're still supposed to be asking the child if they need to go pee/poo as they don't have the mental capacity to be playing and pay attention to that "gotta go" urge at the same time. 4. Ground her/spank her. I was not allowed to miss school for any reason other than serious illness. My mother made me go to school hours after surgery to fix a broken arm. I was in school with my period. I was in school with fevers. I was in school after throwing up all night long and getting less than half an hour of sleep. School is important and how a child is raised to treat school responsibilities is how a child will treat other responsibilities in the future. 5. Ground her/spank her. See above. It is all about teaching responsibility. If you want the freedoms to talk on the phone, play on the computer or go to an after school function or a party, then you do the non fun stuff first (chores, homework) and then after that is complete, then you get the fun stuff (phone priviledges or parties).

I think during these parenting classes that want to make sure that you have a good line of communication with your child. For example, question #1, I would explain to my child (the best you can with a one year old) that it is not funny when you dump over your cereal bowl. Same with question #2, I would advise my child that hitting is not appropriate...however, at age 1, they don't really understand that. I have a 11, 13 and 20 year old. I can't even tell you how many times I have gone through similiar situations especially with the youngest one hitting her brothers. At one that may not really understand what words you are saying, but eventually it sinks in. Actually, my youngest is now the best at sharing..probably because she has had to her entire life. Again, I feel that these parenting evaluations want to make sure that you are in control of your child and not the other way around. Also, that you don't loose control. However, realistically, what parent can ever say they have never lost control...I know I have. When things get crazy, I tell hubby, time to watch the kids I'm going for a drive.

Well here goes, 1. Laugh a bit with him and when we are done with his fun he can assist with mine...cleaning up the mess. :) 2. Remove the toy from him and show him that he needs to share to have his friends over. Start playing with the toy and his friend so he knows what I am trying to say. At 1 how much do they really understand?!?! 3. Oops! I clean her first. Then tell her she isnt in trouble and to try to think about going in the potty next time. Maybe sit her on the potty for a few minutes to reinforce where to go. 4. (I have had this issue before with my 8 year old son) Stick her in her room, no tv, no games, no toys, She is sick so she needs to get rest. There is no running around or anything else if we stay home 'sick'. If she gets bored she can read. If she doesnt know how to read she can color or do a puzzle or something a little constructive. 5. Time out for 10 minutes per chore. And probably no play time for the rest of the night, wouldnt have time anyways because whatever chores could be done after time out would be done and the others would be done the following day.

1.since my kid is just 1 year old of age its normal to them to have experement they love fall their item in the floor they love the sound they been created yes ofcourse i will give her a warning not to do it again.remember kids is smarter and very active memory than older ones.from the you age they need a mild punishment not to do it again. 2.number 2 question is really normal for 1 year old to be selfish but being a mother let her know that she might to share her item to a friends so next time they can play together, from a mother kids learn an imfortant education,being a mother make your rule as a mother not a watcher.teach your kids in a right ways so that they will grown up in a right path of life.mother is the lamp for our kids darkness way..you as a mother is the best example for them while they growing up. 3.give her a demand not to do it next time or else she will recieve a punishement, let her to remind and you have to know the time when she want to pee.sometimes kids are very interested with their toys or something and even cant feel their pee want to comes out..they just a kid and need to train not only in a single time you have to remind them over and over,,,,until they got perfect, 4.no i won't let her to stay at home sickness is not an excuse to go tio school as long she don't have a high fever. or severe sickness that she need medication..kids often tells a lie if they don't want to wake up in early morning..for me no excuse. as a mother you need a power and laws that your kids will follow you.but dont make it over.love and tender care is best to help them grow with a correct discipline

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