What is the right way to dicipline a child?

I don't think the child's behavior was fine, but it sounds like something a child of that age will do if he/she can get away with it. I have a 3 year old son and admit that he is not perfect, but he is not allowed to run wild. When we go out to eat, he is expected to stay in his seat and eat his food. I do think that children need to be taught how to behave at a young age. I think the people in the restaurant deserve to enjoy their meals without having a child screaming around them.

i agree if you let children get their way all the time then they grow up thinking that is the right way to behave. Children need boundaries and rules to guide them in life. They need to know that actions have consequences. And that they should respect other people and other peoples property.

Children are fun-loving but I also think that this kind of behaviour should not be encouraged at public places. But the fact that the child was with his nanny, so she might not be able to control him. The best way to discipline these kind of children is to divert their mind to any other thing like giving them a toy or chocolate. Sometimes it works, Sometimes is doesn't. But as of me, it mostly works. Cheers! AJ Rox.

I believe discipline starts as soon as the child comes out of my womb. There is no such thing for me as too young to be disciplined. As a parent it is my responsibility to discipline my child and I believe it starts right away. I would not allow my child doing that thing in a public place. How could he be allowed to misbehave that way! That is a public place! They are disturbing the people around and even if they were inside the house, the child should not be allowed to run like that while taking his meal. I believe you are not being hard. You have correct views and I admire you for that. A child should not be left alone to get away with all his desires. It is our duty to teach them what is right and what is wrong. If we can't do this to our own children then who else would? The Bible said it rightly in Proverbs 22:15 which states: "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him." If we don't teach them, then they will grow in their foolishness and will become irresponsible citizen of the country. If this happened, we have nothing to blame but the parents who deprived correction from them.

They now also small.naughty perhaps is not fault. my childhood is also too.We can not force them to do so-called right things.until they grow up. they will gradually understand the logic way of life.

No, that child's behavior was certainly unacceptable and the family should not have allowed it. That child will be a spoiled brat when he grows up. A kid that is running around the resturant should have been picked up and taken out of the resturant. If my kids are screaming and misbehaving they are carried out and disciplined.

I too have a 21/2 year old. He too runs around while eating, but only at home. At restaurant he is supposed to be at the seat and not run wild. The moment he sees the food outside, he attempts to eat himself. So no running when we are out. The best way to discipline is to take a stick whenever necessary, though not to spank them always. A little fear can make jobs much easier. Else, as a parent you need to keep on shouting which will make parents physically tired. So spanking at times works as the best discipline method.

Parents are highly responsible for the growth of the kid in all the ways if the child which you have mentioned is not controlled then she might grow as a teenager without respecting elders or as you said she will not listen to elder speech and behave without responsibilities which would make their parents worry a lot when she grows up.Their parents if they had been enough strict with that girl it would have not happened and they wont be keep running in the restaurant i like kids but there is always a rule to grow up a child, we have the responsibility to teach them good and bad things..

If a child had to be disciplined form the day it starts waklking then what kind of enjoyable childhood do we give to our kids. i completely disagree. well, that sort of behaviour in hotels/restaurants surely is a big no no. but a child has to be treated is in more cajoling way while inculcating confidence in them. become a child hearted while with a child but be mature in mind. and if that nanny was feeding the kid hardly 2 1/2 yrs old that is how you show your affection to kids in such intrinsic but vital ways. only thing wrond here is the place. that's it and nto the behaviour of either one.

Teach child with affection I think is the best way to disipline a child ....... Thanks Ganesh

I am still a single, but I know a little bit about how you can discipline your child. The right way to dicipline a child is to educate him/her.

I hear what you are saying. As a mother with a little bit of experience with a child almost five, I do agree with your standpoint on disciplinary actions. Child behaviors need to be fostered early in life. Perhaps as early as possible. It is not always easy. The child might not always cooperate but we have to instill in them the proper ways to behave especially in public. I have seen this before with a child running all around the table or elsewhere when he or she should be settled down eating. I don't condone that behavior and I know I don't want to let my son do that. What happens is the children will live what they learn and eventually just take advantage of parent or babysitters if they are allowed to mistreat the authorities.

No the child should not have been allowed to behave that way, there are many safe and non-abusive ways to disapline a child, and allowing behavior like that to go on when they are young will only create the mind set that it is ok to act that way. Children do not have the same perspectives that we do, but the things that are important in there lives at this stage are just as important to them as the adult things should be later in life, just on a different level, you have to show them how to handle the small situations so later in life they can handle the big ones.

well for me the right way to dicipline a child is by talking to them the values we,ve learned from our parnets, and dont yell or spnk them they will just get more rebellous. you must show them some love and caring so that they will learn to behave and eat they're food properly. happy myloting!

I my opinion, the child's behavior wasn't acceptable. But what some people fail to take into consideration when taking a child to a restaurant is that they can't sit still for long periods of time. If a toddler is to be taken to a restaurant, either order something that will be served almost immediately or call ahead so your order will be ready when you get there. Do what you have to do to keep the child occupied, but insist that he/she remain seated. This is the time to start teaching them that there's a time and place for everything and a restaurant isn't the place to run and play. To do this without being harsh takes self discipline for the parent because it's so easy to give in to the child or get angry and mete out unnecessarily harsh discipline.

At my time during my child hood years, my parents used to cane me when i misbehave. But now is different, kids enjoy what they can and parents education towards them is different from my time. In my kids year the discipline is hard and there's no laws to conclude of child abuse, and now kids if caned or abused by parents they had to be charged on court. So there's no right or wrong way of teaching kids, it just need the right way to let them grow and teaching them the right of the way.

I don't think you are being hard I think it is true you should discipline your child from a young age because if you dont then you can have a hard time getting your child to do what you want them to.