How To Use Little Limits To Stop Whining & Pestering What these behaviors really mean, and how to see them off without blowing your top. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Whining… Pestering… Days when everything has to be “just right” for your child. These behaviors can be very
Surprise Cures For Arguing, Whining & Backtalk Treating this verbal off-track behavior as defiance doesn’t help it stop. Read on to learn what you can do instead. Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest Logic and negotiation are great skills for kids to possess. But when your child uses these
A Guest Post by By Emilie Leeks Our four-year-old daughter had a growing tendency to be very melodramatic around ‘pain’. If she was in a certain kind of mood and just got touched or gently bumped, she would whine and start to cry, repeatedly saying things like ‘Ow! You have to rub it.’ At times she
My four-year-old son LOVES garbage trucks. He is obsessed with them, and not just the trucks. He loves everything to do with garbage disposal: garbage cans, recycling, compost, trips to the landfill, and the garbage itself. He sorts all of our trash and puts our cans on the curb. He wakes up an hour early
Modern life keeps us busy. Between meal planning, cleaning, playdates and school, how do you make time for quality time with your children? Special Time is one way to ensure those moments happen, however fleeting. Special Time is the moment you carve into your schedule to spend time with your child. During that time, parents set
If we wanted to make a list of things that irritate parents, we’d find children whining near the top! It’s a behavior that every child tries sooner or later. Some children fall into whining and can’t seem to climb back out. By the time a parent decides to search for advice about handling whining, they
A part of me just wanted to push through and get it over with, but then I thought maybe a little impromptu special time might shift the mood.
“You know, my son is driving me absolutely crazy. He whines and whines and I just go up the wall. Sometimes I have to leave the room, ’cause I don’t want to hurt him and I’m going nuts. I just leave him alone when he does that.”