Comments on: How to Discipline your Children – A Better Way http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/ For Those Seeking Trade Show Marketing Enlightenment Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Trade Show Guru http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-538 The Trade Show Guru Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:11:31 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-538 Hi Todd, I'm rolling my eyes... :) I could see some kids after that car ride (which for the record I have never done and do NOT recommend) saying... "Cool! Let's do that again!" ;) ~ Steve Hi Todd,
I’m rolling my eyes… :)
I could see some kids after that car ride (which for the record I have never done and do NOT recommend) saying… “Cool! Let’s do that again!” ;) ~ Steve

]]> By: Success with Todd http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Success with Todd Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:59:16 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-533 Hey Steve, Ut oh, you and Lin are going to be rolling your eyes at me ... I'm a "nice" dad ! ... especially with my girls. It's not that bad though, I was basically compensating for their "mean" (and not always in a good way) mom, who is also my ex-wife. Plus, my current wife is neither mean or nice ... she's "just right" ... which is probably why I married her ;-) As for your post ... cracked me up ... seriously. ... that being said, after the first time, my kids would probably start being bad on purpose, just so they could go for that ride again. Todd Hey Steve,

Ut oh, you and Lin are going to be rolling your eyes at me … I’m a “nice” dad ! … especially with my girls.

It’s not that bad though, I was basically compensating for their “mean” (and not always in a good way) mom, who is also my ex-wife.

Plus, my current wife is neither mean or nice … she’s “just right” … which is probably why I married her ;-)

As for your post … cracked me up … seriously.

… that being said, after the first time, my kids would probably start being bad on purpose, just so they could go for that ride again.

Todd

]]> By: The Trade Show Guru http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-368 The Trade Show Guru Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:53:10 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-368 Hi RT, Thanks for the comment. I think we can measure how good of parents we are by how our children turn out, but by the time we find out, if we're unhappy with the results, it's too late to change it. :) Thanks for sharing about your kids. Sounds like you knew what you were doing. I'll find out for myself in about twenty years. :) ~ Steve Hi RT,
Thanks for the comment. I think we can measure how good of parents we are by how our children turn out, but by the time we find out, if we’re unhappy with the results, it’s too late to change it. :)
Thanks for sharing about your kids. Sounds like you knew what you were doing. I’ll find out for myself in about twenty years. :) ~ Steve

]]> By: Master of the Philippines http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Master of the Philippines Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:39:06 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-367 I simply had to come back and read through this again, along with the comments. I was an authoritarian dad when the children were very, very young -- when physical discipline was the only thing that worked. Thankfully, that stage doesn't last long. There are so many other ways to take control of the relationship as they get older, that physical discipline isn't necessary. Now, I have two full-grown sons (one 28 and the other 23) and both turned out much better than I expected. The older one is a military dependent to his Air Force wife stationed in Germany (he has 3 years of Army service under his belt) while the younger one lives with me and is going to college for nursing. On a side note, my younger son doesn't want to be a regular nurse. He wants to be in the military. I discouraged him until I recently found out that the Navy has a Nurse Corps. Huh? I guess you learn something new every day. I simply had to come back and read through this again, along with the comments. I was an authoritarian dad when the children were very, very young — when physical discipline was the only thing that worked. Thankfully, that stage doesn’t last long. There are so many other ways to take control of the relationship as they get older, that physical discipline isn’t necessary.

Now, I have two full-grown sons (one 28 and the other 23) and both turned out much better than I expected. The older one is a military dependent to his Air Force wife stationed in Germany (he has 3 years of Army service under his belt) while the younger one lives with me and is going to college for nursing.

On a side note, my younger son doesn’t want to be a regular nurse. He wants to be in the military. I discouraged him until I recently found out that the Navy has a Nurse Corps. Huh? I guess you learn something new every day.

]]> By: The Trade Show Guru http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-302 The Trade Show Guru Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:27:54 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-302 hey Natural (aka fun-sucker-outer, aka Valerie), Very good first comment. I agree. And as to your second comment, there is no way I'm going to delete a comment that says I am "brilliant and handsome". Thank you very much, and good karma to you! ~ Steve hey Natural (aka fun-sucker-outer, aka Valerie),
Very good first comment. I agree. And as to your second comment, there is no way I’m going to delete a comment that says I am “brilliant and handsome”. Thank you very much, and good karma to you! ~ Steve

]]> By: Natural http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Natural Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:52:28 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-299 oh you can delete this but i was too scared to comment on your blog. i'm not good at following rules. i guess i'm feeling fearless today and oh yeah i'm supposed to call you brilliant and handsome and you might consider leaving this post up? lol okay delete. oh you can delete this but i was too scared to comment on your blog. i’m not good at following rules. i guess i’m feeling fearless today and oh yeah i’m supposed to call you brilliant and handsome and you might consider leaving this post up? lol okay delete.

]]> By: Natural http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Natural Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:50:51 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-298 hey part of this post is what i've been doing. i read a book many moons ago called how to behave so your children will too. often times they are either "responding" to our problems or we are "responding" to theirs....i try to think of what situations may cause a problem before it happens (going into the toy store and the kid wants a toy. i tell her what she can and can't have before we leave home). she knows the deal before the get go. act accordingly. sorry i sucked the fun outta this post. we still have melt downs, but very very very little. i tell her my nerves are bad. lol hey part of this post is what i’ve been doing. i read a book many moons ago called how to behave so your children will too. often times they are either “responding” to our problems or we are “responding” to theirs….i try to think of what situations may cause a problem before it happens (going into the toy store and the kid wants a toy. i tell her what she can and can’t have before we leave home). she knows the deal before the get go. act accordingly. sorry i sucked the fun outta this post. we still have melt downs, but very very very little. i tell her my nerves are bad. lol

]]> By: The Trade Show Guru http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-291 The Trade Show Guru Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:49:37 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-291 hi Will, As long as the ride is "in the car" and not "on the hood" I can support it. :) And I do agree that talking is never a bad idea and usually does wonders! ~ Steve hi Will,
As long as the ride is “in the car” and not “on the hood” I can support it. :) And I do agree that talking is never a bad idea and usually does wonders! ~ Steve

]]> By: Will http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Will Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:12:21 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-288 Thanks for the good laugh! Seriously, though, I discovered this a long time ago and it still works even with kids in their late teens and early twenties. There is something about the ride in the car and it is not just because they are a captive audience. I don't know, but it works and I still use it. Thanks for the good laugh!

Seriously, though, I discovered this a long time ago and it still works even with kids in their late teens and early twenties. There is something about the ride in the car and it is not just because they are a captive audience. I don’t know, but it works and I still use it.

]]> By: The Trade Show Guru http://www.trade-show-guru.com/2008/12/how-to-discipline-your-children/comment-page-1/#comment-284 The Trade Show Guru Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:39:53 +0000 http://www.trade-show-guru.com/?p=298#comment-284 hi Andrea, Thanks for stopping by. I think you take being a "mean" parent to a whole new level. Taking a way your kid's cellphone? Isn't that illegal, or even unconstitutional? I'm pretty sure that isn't allowed here in California. ;) ~ Steve PS. I would also guess that that is amazingly effective, though our kids are still too young to have cellphones, though not for lack of asking. :) hi Andrea,
Thanks for stopping by. I think you take being a “mean” parent to a whole new level. Taking a way your kid’s cellphone? Isn’t that illegal, or even unconstitutional? I’m pretty sure that isn’t allowed here in California. ;) ~ Steve
PS. I would also guess that that is amazingly effective, though our kids are still too young to have cellphones, though not for lack of asking. :)

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