Spoiling a child

Philippines
August 29, 2010 11:34am CST
my toddler has a habit of banging his head everytime he doesn't get what he wants. I dont want him to get hurt so i give in but i'm afraid that if this will go on, he will end up spoiled. what should i do?
5 responses
@Catana (735)
• United States
29 Aug 10
You're doing a good job of teaching him how to get what he wants from you. First, he's not going to hurt himself badly enough for you to worry about it. When it hurts enough, he'll stop. Second, If he thinks he's going to be able to get away with banging his head or trying other things to get what he wants from other people, he's going to be very disappointed. Other people aren't going to put up with that kind of behavior. When he starts banging his head, walk out of the room. If he follows you and starts again, shut him in a room by himself. Without your attention, he'll stop even faster.
• Philippines
29 Aug 10
thanks. that really helps. i had a hard time choosing what mode of discipline im going to use for my toddler.
@Joman122 (118)
• Canada
2 Sep 10
My younger brother use to do that. My parents ave in and now he is the most spoiled 9-year-old I know. Don't give into him easily, make it known that there are boundaries for what they can and can't have. If you give into him too often, when he gets older, he or she might start forcing you to buy Ipods, laptops or whatever the future has in store.
@divinchris (2449)
• India
29 Aug 10
You do not have to be worried about this. As a toddler he is in a stage wherein his Brain is commanding him to do things which he may not achieve right now. Just make sure he is not banging his head against hard objects. It would be best for you to get him some kind of plastic stuff so that he can still continue to hit his head with that.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
29 Aug 10
This is really bad,he might end up doing this thing till he gets older. You can try talking to him tell him that he might get hurt. You can talk to a pediatrician about his behavior since he is still a toddler. You should not let this kind of behavior go on or he might really end up being a spoiled one. Happy weekend
@ktmatunog (912)
• Philippines
29 Aug 10
toddlers are very good in their tantrums so that they can only get what they want. And a way to face this is as a parent to ignore this kind of behavior so that they will know that they cant get what they want by just crying, rolling over or in your case banging his head.