Making a child listen to you is not a Hercules task. Indeed, the way in which we handle a situation and make the child understand the various aspects is something that can be done easily if you know the right way. Under the same, if you want to discipline a child, some simple tricks can be followed so that they will listen to you. The attributes of the same are as follows:

• Setting limits: Always be clear and coherent in the rules you set for your child so that they can differentiate the right from the wrong. Make the necessary regulations so that they can better understand what needs to be followed.

• Always listen to them: The best way to make them listen to you and bring in the discipline is to hear them out. Listen to the small details, the problems they have, and the reason for the way they are behaving. Have a heart-to-heart conversation so that the child gets the confidence to listen to you. 

• Demonstrate and tell: Actions always speak louder than words. This method can be used to make the child listen to you, wherein you can, in a calm manner, show them the right way to behave. 

How to punish a child for bad behavior?

In case a child is showing bad behavior, the best way to discipline them would be to listen to them for the way they behave. Punishment and discipline never need to be physical. This would instill in them a wrong sense of negative reinforcement, which is not good in the long run. Whenever they show bad behavior, make them sit and understand that there can be consequences. Tell them that if they do something wrong, there would indeed be some way they would be made to realize the wrong they did. Herein, the most important factor is to listen to what your child has to say, the gravity of the situation, and give in space for them to think it over and make it right. 

How do you discipline a child who doesn't care?

If a child behaves like they don't care, it means that they have been neglected for a long and deprived of love and support from their parents. This can only be set right by giving in your unrequited care, nurture, and love to your child. They would themselves start to realize the impact of family and love and start to listen and care for the things around them. It can act as the most suitable form of discipline, wherein the child would develop all the needed love, polite behavior, and mannerisms. 

What type of punishment is appropriate for a child?

The most acceptable way of providing punishment to the child would never be a physical beating or aggressive scolding. This would fill in a negative sense of parental care in the child. The different ways by which you can subtly handle the situation and give in punishment to the child is:

• Take in certain privileges for a specific amount of time, which would make them realize they were wrong. 

• Timing-out strategies which includes, giving the space to the child to be alone in a space to have self-realistion for the wrong they did. Tell them they didnot behave good and this is a chance to start over. 

How to stop hitting your child?

There are various alternatives to stop hitting the child and making them listen to you, which are:

• Try to get someone involved so that they child will know if they did something wrong, there is a third person who would be there to rectify. 

• Always reinforce the positive behaviour they show to help them channel themselves in right direction to prevent hitting them.