4 Yr. Old jumping on furniture?
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Grandma, this is your house and your brand-new furniture. Talk to your son and daughter-in-law and let them know that he is not allowed to jump on your furniture. He should follow your rules at your house, and this one is reasonable.
I don't know about most kids, but my 5 year old is not allowed to jump on our furniture. Occasionally it happens, but she is told to get down right away. If she forgets and does it again that day, she is not allowed to sit on the furniture for the remainder of the day.
Another thing: Your grandson can distinguish between the rules at your house and the rules at his own. You can see this by his behavior when his parents are with him. Keep letting him know that it is not acceptable. He can jump on his daddy's furniture when he gets home.
Good luck to you!
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chain a bowling ball to his leg, like they do with elephants at the circus. that'll stop his jumping, but i hope you don't have wooden floors.
All children need to learn manners and that they can't do whatever they want. Speak with his parents about the fact that it is your house and that you don't feel comfortable with him jumping on the furniture. Tell them you are worried he might get hurt (which is a good possiblity if they don't get him under control soon.) Since he will be going to school soon, now is a good time to start teaching him to listen to adults, as the school system will not tolerate his tantrums. Letting kids get away with whatever they want is asking for big trouble when those teenage years get here.
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Me - 3 kids.
Todays kids? I think the problem is with todays Parents. But anyway, he is testing your limits. We all do this. Show him the limits, that's what he's asking for. Your house, your rules! Use any means necessary to get him to understand who's the boss. (time out, spanken, loss of favorite toys, no tv, no games, etc.)I would sit down and have a real good talk with him first! Love always prevails.
If you are bringing him up than he needs to follow your rules. I do not believe that having a no jumping on the furniture rule is too strict...believe me, i will implement it when my son gets older too. I have a neighbor with a 3 1/2 yo little boy who did the same thing. After I babysat him twice he doesn't do it anymore. I would give him 3 chances on the furniture...his options being sitting on his butt or lying down. If after 3 chances he was still trying to stand he was banned from the furniture. Like I said...it only took him coming to my house twice do not do it anymore. He does try on occasion when he gets really excited, but all I have to do is say his name once and he doesn't do it again. Just remember...your house, your rules. If people don't like it, than don't come over. Good luck!
your son is gonna have real problems later on with your grandson and i think if you have a no jumping on furniture rule you should tell your son that he should respect your wishes coz if your grandson breaks the furniture is he gonna pay for it !if your son doesnt teach him the meaning of respect then sounds like its a good idea for you to say what you feel and at least someone is teaching your grandson right from wrong , sounds like your son doesnt say anthing because he just wants a quiet life so letting him do what he wants means he doesnt have to deal with his behaviour . good luck stick with what you know is right
I live with my daughter and husband, they have my 3 year old granddaughter. I made one room into my everything room. I do not ever interfere with thier lifes. until i babysit, but i try to do things thier way. why buy new furniture where a young child lives? i do yry to her her to parks to get her energy out.
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OOPS! I forgot it was your home, disregard all. sorry
Be consistent with your expectations. That means redirection when the behavior shows itself, positive reinforcement when he refrains from this behavior, and negative reactions when he does the behavior. Show your displeasure...frowning, sternly speaking your unhappiness. Voice tone is a GREAT conveyor of emotions. Not yelling. Try to catch him before it occurs and redirect. It usually took approximately 6 weeks for a redirection of behavior to modify. Be Patient! Make the time fun as well. Grandkids are GREAT!
YER HOUSE YER RULES - spank him if he doesn't listen
Ask him politely I had the same problem with my child and if he didn't listen I took something he loved away from him like his favorite toy truck and if he was good and understood me about jumping on furniture I gave it back
"P.S. he is 3 years old"
its normal, just put the kid on timeout or something until she gets the message
well the first thing is that you talk to his parents. Since you and his parents are bringing him up together its important that he gets the same messages from everybody. You need to decide on how strict you ll be with his up bringing coz the more he grows the more complicated it will be. If he has no manners at all then its important that you point that out to his parents otherwise he ll be totally out of control later when he ll be a teenager. Apparently hes feels free to do whatever comes in his mind when mom and dad are around because they dont set any rules. The fact that he's getting mixed messages is the problem. You and his parent need to come to an agreement on where the limits are so that the kid will know that 'this is as far as i can go'. When different people give him different levels of freedom he just gets confused and just thinks that if its ok with his parent why shouldnt it be ok with u.. I hope that wasnt too long :)
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