Not unless they left the house. If they're sleeping elsewhere (as in another room) that's where they feel secure and can wind down to sleep. Would you punish yourself for an action that makes you feel safe?
You need to find out why they’re not comfortable to sleep in their own room and make it so they are. Is it because they don’t want to be alone? Are they scared? If so, do you have a family dog or cat that could sleep in there with them?
Work through the issue and maybe some genle pushing to sleep in their own room. But no actual punishment when they don’t do it. Incentives work great in these circumstances... “if you sleep in your bed for a week, you can have.... such and such”,..
but being 9 and not wanting to sleep in there bedroom, maybe there is some sort of issue that needs to be fixed
I wouldn't punish because there would be a valid reason to the child for not wanting to sleep in his/her room.
I would try and find out why, and encourage the child to stay in their own room.
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Not unless they left the house. If they're sleeping elsewhere (as in another room) that's where they feel secure and can wind down to sleep. Would you punish yourself for an action that makes you feel safe?
Punish, no.
I would find out why they didn’t sleep in there room.
If it’s a once off I’d shrug it off as one of those things. If it’s an ongoing thing then I’d start to find solutions.
Certainly not, as frustrating as it would be.
You need to find out why they’re not comfortable to sleep in their own room and make it so they are. Is it because they don’t want to be alone? Are they scared? If so, do you have a family dog or cat that could sleep in there with them?
Work through the issue and maybe some genle pushing to sleep in their own room. But no actual punishment when they don’t do it. Incentives work great in these circumstances... “if you sleep in your bed for a week, you can have.... such and such”,..
but being 9 and not wanting to sleep in there bedroom, maybe there is some sort of issue that needs to be fixed
I wouldn't punish because there would be a valid reason to the child for not wanting to sleep in his/her room.
I would try and find out why, and encourage the child to stay in their own room.
Yes