That will work but if you get to '3' you need to decide what his consequence will b at that point (something that is not pleasant). Time out, take a toy away, etc...you just have to be consistent-Good luck! Mine are now 18, 13 & 7.

my mom taught me the 1,2,3 warnings. it works! but you have to follow through. if you get to 3, you can't give another chance. kids will push, and push. lol my little boys wait till i say 2 to start listening.

yes, we did it since my son was 3, he had a throwing/hitting problem and he's 9 now. It worked great and we still use it. There is a video you can rent that will break it down more quickly. With a 1 yr. old, it's all about distraction, they wouldn't get the 1,2,3 thing. Good luck!

I use that method...but my son doesn't know how fast I am going to count. I may count 1.....2.....3 or it just may be 123. If I am at 3 he knows it is time out time or he loses his toy or whatever the consequence is. More times than not when the number 1 comes out of my mouth he is doing what I asked him to do. I started doing that when my son was a little over a year old and he is now 4. He picked up pretty fast too. Good Luck!

Absolutely. I have two childen (6 and 8). I think we discovered the book too late for the 8-year-old. But does it ever work well on the 6-year-old.

She doesn't even know what will happen when I reach 3. She just knows that she doesn't want dad counting.

I remember the kindergarden teacher mentioned she had read the book as well, and was attempting to utilize some of the learnings from it.

I suspect if we had started with the book earlier, we might have had some in-roads with the 8-year-old.

yeah it works but i tend to bend the rule of thumb a little bit........i say 1, 2, 3, 4, 4 1/2-4 3/4 then 5!

When I was little that is all that happened... screaming no discipline just screaming.. well I try not to scream but t onight was a horror. Not because of my son but because, I am continually be violated and no one is doing anything