Papillon1

I hope it's not diluted with water, I think the lemon fairy is even more painful. don't spoil them, you'll only regret it later, and they'll thank you for being a good disciplinarian in years to come

DubaiExpat

To answer the question, the ignoring thing works very well and I personally concocted a simply horrible brew of "medicine" (completely harmless but made of things that would make any child want to throw up)
Whenever miniexpat was naughty I would force her to down a table spoon of the "medicine"
Suffice to say she tried to stay as naughty-free as possible No smacking needed!

Papillon1

My sister has a couple of young lads (The Future Kray twins) when they act up, she threatens them with her mobile phone, pretends to call the naughty boys home to come and get them, I've never seen anything as effective at calming down two complete and utter monsters.

One day they'll realise she hasn't topped the phone up and then she'll be buggered

Bob

another thing, say you have santa's number and you'll call him for next year

Papillon1

That calms me down every time Bob, the thought of not getting new slippers every year is enough to stop me in me tracks

Jellybean

PMSL never heard that one, great idea....analexpatwomen.com would love that remedy, hmmmmmm

Jellybean

Ahhh bless those slippers, a Brut toiletery set and a box of liqueres (sp?)

Papillon1

Thanks for the karma JB, I missed out on the slippers this year, daughter got sick of me doing the garden in them.