123 Magic. This is the title of the book I am reading now. You may be wondering, what is this about? Probably, Alfred is looking at another profession other than being in the accounting field. Probably, he wants to be a magician! But no, this book is not about magics. I am hooked to this book because I am a father of 3 beautiful kids with ages 4, 8 and 10. I am reading this not to learn tricks to amuse them, rather, to learn principles that will atleast guide me on how to discipline them.
This can be the awaited solution to those of you who are currently troubled by the whining of your kids, by their tantrums or anything that you yourself used to do to annoy your parents when you were a kid.
Counting 1 - 2 - 3 without any emotion is the essence of the book. I would like to emphasize on the words without emotion. Let me put the theory to an example for clarity. If you see your kids fighting just for the sake of quarelling and you think it is but proper to put a stop on it, then you can try the 123 magic principle. First, count 1. If after 5 seconds they still continue what they are doing, count 2. If after 5 seconds, they still ignored your warning signals count 3 and say - that's it and put them to time-out. This can either be not letting them play their favorite toy for 5 minutes, reducing their time to watch their favorite tv show, etc.
It is that simple and you will be amazed by the results. My wife who already read the book and has the chance to practice the principle is attesting that it is working.
Of course, the 123 magic is for kids aged 2 to 12. Just don't know if this will work for grown-ups. Anyway, no harm to test it with your partners, husbands or wives. Who knows, they may have learned the principle before you and you will be the one to be timed-out. Am glad my wife hasn't tried the principle to me.
Will discuss next time the possible reason why it won't work and this will boil down to the NO emotion thing. Till next time my friends.
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Parenting is not that easy and reading a book like that can really help parents to discipline their children. Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteThank your for this idea, I'll practice it with my kids who are always arguing or fighting.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your idea. Actually, I have not had chance to read that interesting book but I already use these magic numbers(1-2-3!). I have two kids and I believe it. My little one is just 18 mounts old and he knows when I start to count what he must do. It is really magic, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea! It really works! I tried it myself to 2 my children aged 10 and 13 years old. Thanks.
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