Daughters????

I have two very easy-going boys....they are fairly easy to redirect and time-outs work wonders. My 6 1/2 year old still responds to time outs!!! My 5 year old daughter is just a handfull though...time-outs are completely ineffective and she usually goes back to doing exactly what she was put in time-out for when she gets out.......a lot of my friends with daughters say similar things about their little girls....is this a little girl thing? Anyone have some suggestions for a mum about to rip her hair out

Kris

LMAO Evil daughters, indeed. My wife and I have have five children-- 11 y/o boy, 7 y/o boy, 6 y/o girl, 3 y/o girl, and 15 mo. old boy. The boys can be stubborn... and sometimes a little lazy, but in general they are far easier than the girls (although they give their mother a much harder time than they give me). When my 6 y/o daughter (Alexis) was 3 y/o, my wife thought she was raising the spawn of satan. What a handful she was. Now, our 3 y/o daughter (Kaitlin) makes Alexis' unruly behavior seem rather innocuous. Don't get me wrong, we have very good kids-- it's just that we are very traditional parents and set pretty high standards of behavior for our children (my mother used to make me read aloud for 30 minutes from Vanderbilt's book of etiquette if I misbehaved at the dinner table-- sucked at the time but I always know what utensil to use at a formal dinner). One thing I've noticed is that each of my children responds to differnt punishments. With my oldest son (Michael), I can usually just talk to him and tell him how disappointed I am with his behavior, and if that fails to work I can remove a privilege or ground him from tv or his gameboy. My 7 y/o son (Rowdy) is as stubborn as they come. Nothing works on that boy but my hand on his backside. I hate spanking my kids, but nothing else seems to work with him. The funny thing is, he's in 1st grade and they have asked us to place him in the gifted program at school-- my wife and I about fell out of our chairs. Both of my daughters-- all I have to do is look at them cross-eyed and they are in tears. And of course, the 15 mo. old is a little young to discipline, although I have started chewing him out for throwing tantrums (daddy doesn't do tantrums). Anyway, I feel your pain... or my wife does anyway. LOL