Raising grandchildren in this day and age is difficult!  Don’t hit or spank them is the general belief NOW!  When they were little, 2 years or 3, we used to spank their hand or give a wack on  the butt.  But you can’t do this anymore without people looking at you like you are abusing the child.

One day when my grandson was 7 years old, I sat him down and had a heart to heart talk.  He was being naughty refusing to do homework and throwing tantrums, lies, screaming, crying and etc.  First I told him that he was very smart.  This was to get his attention.  Then I explained that his brain has 2 answers,  on the left side of him was a bad outcome and on the right was good.  Listening to the bad, which was, don’t do homework, watch TV, play and waste time. Or to listen to the good side, which is,do homework quickly not waste any time, finish, then play, relax, watch TV and not have to worry the next day, his work was done! Now, which was better having fun for the moment only and then all the while knowing that his homework was not done and suffering through the night till the next morning or JUST doing the work, finishing it and have a free and clear mind for the rest of day, free to do whatever.

To reconfirm, I stressed that he could lie all he wanted to, but his BRAIN would always know the truth and in the end, by choosing the good thing to do he’d be very very happy, instead of being sad, crying, and very very unhappy cause things were so hard and difficult for him.

With this, I’ve witnessed him using his brains more, to get good results and being very happy as a child growing up.