Children always demand toys in the market?

@dhawanbm (3705)
India
June 18, 2009 6:55am CST
It is basic nature of kids to demand each and every toy they see in the shoping window in the main market, what do you do! Buy it or else make some excuses. Its very dificult to avoid them in the public place and its often embarasing!
7 responses
@suj123 (1067)
• India
18 Jun 09
Chidrens will also be chidrens. They will demand the things which they will find attractive to their eyes or those their friends might be having. But it's our responsibility to make them aware what is important for them and what is not. I think instead of making some excuses the best thing is tell them the real reason why you are not buying it. Maybe first time they won't understand but slowly and steadily they will understand it. Well Happy Mylotting.
@suj123 (1067)
• India
18 Jun 09
oops i meant Children will always be children.
@kaguvkov (1305)
• Davao, Philippines
18 Jun 09
Well you have to explain it well to them the consequences. If they have too many toys already then make an excuse or tell your kids that its better to buy some foods or drinks but if she/he really insist then you can buy that so as to avoid embarrassment. lol
• Singapore
18 Jun 09
that is what my daughter alway do when she is young , if i think that the toys is not worth buying or smiliar with some toys at home , i will not buy its , i don't care whether she cry or doing sometime embarassing , i just walk away and she will follow behind me crying loudly
@meandmy3 (2227)
• United States
18 Jun 09
I do not purchase toys for my children every time, nor do they ask. I tell them when we leave for the store what we are going there for and that they will not be getting toys, that if they like we can look at them and they can show me what they want for Christmas, birthday etc. if they pitch a fit while in the store for something that I clearly said we would not get prior to leaving the house then they lose a privilege once we get home, we do not go swimming, they have to take a nap etc.
• United States
18 Jun 09
I do think it is human nature to want things for yourself and to not care about anything else. We learn to not be so selfish. I dont think it has to be an embarrassing situation. Teach them from the time they are young that they wont be getting a toy every time they go to the store. They can look at the toys there, but that doesnt mean they are going to get them. If you teach that to them from the beginning, they wont cause problems (and they wont throw fits) when they get older. I dont think giving in and buying it OR making excuses is a good idea. Tell them the truth. "Not today." "Maybe next time." "We will leave that toy here for some other kid who doesnt have as many toys." If you say things like that from the beginning, they will accept those answers.
@ghazwan (32)
• Australia
18 Jun 09
first of all if one of us intended to go shoping and you have kids, let every one of them decide what to buy and by using some tricks on them to make thier demands as we want, second tell your kids if any one of them change his/her decision during shoping he/she will not get anything in this shoping and the next one, and apply this punishment if any of your kids try to change or make trouble in shoping.After all this the joy of being parents.
• United States
18 Jun 09
Actually, I don't think it is alway the nature of kids to demand every toy they see in the store. Of course their are exceptions to this, but I think we train children to do that when we give in to them each time they ask, or when they have tantrums, etc. It is not our job as parents to give children what they want. It is our job to give them what they need. What they need are boundaries. They need to know that they can't have everything they want whenever they want it. They need to hear the word "No". The real world is not going to hand them everything on a silver platter. It is our job to train them up to live successfully in the real world. We are doing them a disservice when we don't tell them no. It can be embarassing when a child throws a tantrum in a store and doesn't get what they want, but that is their goal. It is their goal to push your buttons and to pitch a fit until they get what they want. If you give in, they know it works and they will continue to do it. You have to stand your ground and do what is best for them even if it means you are embarassed. Being a parent is about sacrifice. When you become a parent, you decide you want raise a child and part of that is to put their needs above your own. I can't do what is easiest for me, what is convenient for me. I must do what is best for them. In the long run it will pay off. When they aren't little anymore and are teenagers, they will still have that tantrum to get what they want. This time it won't be the little doll or car on the toy shelf. It will be a real car or a date with a boy that you don't approve of. It is much harder to deal with the tantrum of a little child than it is a teen. When they are teens their tantrums turn to running away, doing what they want "and you can't stop me". If they are trained when they are little that they can't have everything they want and that parents know what is best for them, then it things will be much easier when they are older. That is not to say they won't still have tantrums, but they won't be as severe and they will know that their parents loved them enough to set boundaries.