Today, most of the American populace thinks it improper to spank children. My own father used to beat me with a belt and I really didn’t think too highly of the technique. Ultimately I don’t think it had much effect on my behavior (unless of course I knew he was in town) so I used other methods to control my own children (and now my grandchildren) when they became or become unruly.
One method that I’ve found to be quite effective is for me to just take the child for a ride in my car.
I’m not sure if it's the vibration from the car, or the time away from any distractions such as TV, video games, computer, IPod, etc. One thing that I have noticed in particular is that their placement in the vehicle is important. Don’t put them in the back seat or anywhere else where they can avoid eye to eye contact. Eye to eye contact seems to be a very important component of this ‘therapy.’
I have found that almost without exception they usually calm down after only a few miles on the road together.
I've included a photo below of one of my sessions with my oldest grandson, in case you would like to use the technique yourself.
Thanks to my Uncle Lee for passing on this knowledge to me.
