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How do I get my 8 year old son to stop whining.?
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Mr. Wybie House MD
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Say would you like some cheese with that whine. Just tell him to outsided and play and leave you alone LOL.
Did he learn this behavior? God that would totally get on my nerves.
Whatever you do, don't respond at all when he is whining. Keep calm and totally ignore him until he uses a respectful tone of voice. There are grown men who still act this way and they do it PROBABLY because it worked on their own Mothers when they were growing up. Break him of that habit as soon as you can!
Whatever you do, don't respond at all when he is whining. Keep calm and totally ignore him until he uses a respectful tone of voice. There are grown men who still act this way and they do it PROBABLY because it worked on their own Mothers when they were growing up. Break him of that habit as soon as you can!
Seafoam Green
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You know, I dated a guy who was the exact same way as an adult!! Nip it in the bud before he becomes a 22-year-old male who never accepts responsibility for anything. lol.
As far as HOW to nip it in the bud, my kids are 4 and 1, so I don't have any solid advice that works. Speak rationally to him, explain reasoning for things, and have him explain reasoning, and hope for the best? That's what I will probably do when my kids are that age!
As far as HOW to nip it in the bud, my kids are 4 and 1, so I don't have any solid advice that works. Speak rationally to him, explain reasoning for things, and have him explain reasoning, and hope for the best? That's what I will probably do when my kids are that age!
My personal favorite remedy for whiners over nothing in particular:
Ignore it. Eventually, when kids do not get a response or reaction from negative, irritating and even outrageous behaviour they stop. (That is what kids do to get attention whether it is negative or positive, it is a way to get attention. At that age you are bound to hear all the complaints and whatever else is wrong with the world almost every day and it never stops...blah, blah, blah and blah.
A good conversation about what is going on to cause all this grief in an 8 year old person might be good for the agenda.
Life is not fair --even to us adults but we have to figure out things all the time because we are adults and the responsible ones right?
It's a good idea to try and encourage kids to work out their own problems once in a while...good practice for life.
Mom of 1
CAN
Ignore it. Eventually, when kids do not get a response or reaction from negative, irritating and even outrageous behaviour they stop. (That is what kids do to get attention whether it is negative or positive, it is a way to get attention. At that age you are bound to hear all the complaints and whatever else is wrong with the world almost every day and it never stops...blah, blah, blah and blah.
A good conversation about what is going on to cause all this grief in an 8 year old person might be good for the agenda.
Life is not fair --even to us adults but we have to figure out things all the time because we are adults and the responsible ones right?
It's a good idea to try and encourage kids to work out their own problems once in a while...good practice for life.
Mom of 1
CAN