This may be an odd question, especially since I don't have children yet (but already planning ahead to a first WDW vacation with kids lol). But my question is how to you handle discipline in a park with kids ages, say 5-9? (We have already decided we are not bringing children there before age 5-no diapers, no strollers is our rule).
What is your discipline routine if your child requires discipline in the park? Are your standards more relaxed because you are on vacation (ie: more infractions required before intervention), do you immediately remove them from the situation, etc?
I ask because on a bus ride this past year, a 3 year old was screaming his head off, and I mean SCREAMING. Now I know the child COULD have been sick,but the Dad was loudly telling everyone around him how "He's 3...used to be the Terrible Two's now its the Terrible Threes". The kid would scream and Dad was say "Stop it" and they would repeat, each one getting more forceful each time. Then Dad would alternate using soothing tones saying "Dad knows you're hungry buddy, and we're going to eat now I promise, okayyyyyy?". Eventually the Mom came up and took him and he stopped screaming immediately. My husband asked me "Why didn't she just take the kid in the beginning, before he screamed for 20 minutes?".
I know what was a different situation, since we were on a bus, and its obvious the Dad didn't have a solid discipline routine (not kids fault), but what is the appropriate way to discipline your child in a scenario like that? Do you take the extreme measure of removing them for a tantrum that could last 5 minutes, or do you consider others and not have them be screamed at by a 3 year old for 15/20 minutes?
What is your discipline routine if your child requires discipline in the park? Are your standards more relaxed because you are on vacation (ie: more infractions required before intervention), do you immediately remove them from the situation, etc?
I ask because on a bus ride this past year, a 3 year old was screaming his head off, and I mean SCREAMING. Now I know the child COULD have been sick,but the Dad was loudly telling everyone around him how "He's 3...used to be the Terrible Two's now its the Terrible Threes". The kid would scream and Dad was say "Stop it" and they would repeat, each one getting more forceful each time. Then Dad would alternate using soothing tones saying "Dad knows you're hungry buddy, and we're going to eat now I promise, okayyyyyy?". Eventually the Mom came up and took him and he stopped screaming immediately. My husband asked me "Why didn't she just take the kid in the beginning, before he screamed for 20 minutes?".
I know what was a different situation, since we were on a bus, and its obvious the Dad didn't have a solid discipline routine (not kids fault), but what is the appropriate way to discipline your child in a scenario like that? Do you take the extreme measure of removing them for a tantrum that could last 5 minutes, or do you consider others and not have them be screamed at by a 3 year old for 15/20 minutes?