How to Best Discipline a Difficult Child?

Yes, positive discipline is best. But what if it isn't working either? We're desperate because we have been dealing with her behavior for a while and have tried multiple forms of discipline and frankly we're at a loss. It's frustrating us to no end.Our 3 year-old decides she makes the rules (I know, which 3 year-old doesn't). Time-outs don't phase her. Having toys taken away from her doesn't phase her. Being restricted to her room doesn't phase her. Her response to everything is "no!" She thinks she is the boss and only takes instructions/guidance from others when she feels like it (which is infrequent). She enjoys making her own rules and living by them. She has no respect for items belonging to others.Positive reinforcements don't go far enough either. And it seems that positive behavior is few and far between so it's difficult to support and encourage.For example, right now we have been trying to get her to do a time-out for taking her older sister's journal and pen. She did this while her sister was telling her to leave her stuff alone. And while one parent was watching it all go down. In fact, she did it with a smile. When asked why she is in a time-out, she says it was because she took the pen and journal but doesn't understand that she wasn't supposed to.So ... how can we teach her and help her understand that she needs to respect grown-ups and elders? That rules exist for a reason? That she doesn't make the rules? How can we help her understand that everything in life has consequences (good or bad)? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/3bm9XRy