Children Misbehaving

Only reprimand children if they appear to be purposely misbehaving. If they appear to be acting in a way which could be considered hazardous to their health and safety, act immediately with clearness and loudness of voice in a very authorititive manner. Avoid shouting at them - although shouting may be necessary to draw quick attention to something which may be harmful. (There is a distinct difference between shouting at a child - and shouting to avoid an harmful occurance). Never smack a child to attempt to correct his/her behaviour. Instead, be extremely firm when necessary- but certainly not constantly. Let your child know when he/she is displaying unacceptable behaviour by attempting to reason with him/her. Never give in. Never allow your child to carry on with bad behaviour.
If a child continues to display the misbehaviour, the parent/carer should have the the last words on the subject.

Deal with each separate incident with the same good discipline. Never allow something to be acceptable one day - and unacceptable the next. Every child needs to know what is a allowed (and often, when it is allowed) - and what is absolutely always disallowed, from a very, VERY early age. Anti-social, unruly, argumetative behaviour, even in very young children, is never acceptable. It can spoil the happiness of families. It can even result in families becoming unwanted at friends and relatives houses and at restaurants.

Complete disregard of an adult's request for good behaviour requires a 'heavier' approach for control of the situation. Make him/her stand in a corner of the room for about ten minutes, - allowing the child to leave earlier, if he/she says, “sorry” with a genuine desire to returning to normal behaviour. (Encourage the word, “sorry”). If a child is having a temper tantrum, do not allow him/her to leave the corner until the tantrum has finished. During this time, occasionally, try and reason with the young one. Give the youngster lots of praise afterwards, - telling him/her that they are being a good boy/girl now.
Without delay, alter the thoughts in the child’s mind. Talk about going shopping later, or having lunch soon, or whatever.
Never try and 'buy back' affection by saying that you will take him/her for a special treat later.
This will encourage the child to act badly in future - as it doesn't take long for any child to realise that this is a good and easy way of getting a treat.
However, it is most important that, once things have settled down between an adult and a child, much happiness and laughter steps in to present itself.