How to deal with the problems that a child cries out for stuff ?
By Alex
@venchaul (541)
China
March 20, 2009 8:21pm CST
Hello,everyone. I have a tough problem and I really need your help. When you go shopping with your child, he is attracted by the toy in the mall and cries out for it, even the child rolls on the floor. However I can't afford it. In this situation, how can I deal with it? I really want to know how to educate the children better. What should I do? I am looking forward to your valuable advice.
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3 responses
@Jae2619 (1482)
• United States
21 Mar 09
It's gonna take alot of patients with your child, as your gonna have to be able to tolerate more of a fit when you tell your child in a stern voice, No. Children have a hard time understanding the concept of money, and what we can and can't afford.
Being stern, and picking your child up and walking away from that isle and moving ahead, if you have a cart place your child in the cart and let them moan and groan threw out the store, won't please some but you have to get your point across to your child that he/she can not have what they are begging for. My child has done that to me a couple of times when he was younger, and at last resort of not losing my cool and yelling at my child, I picked him up, and left my cart, and went out the store and come home. I didn't place emphasis on the fact the toy wasn't affordable, it was about his behavior. You have to tell them bad behavior will not be tolerated, and enforce it. Best of Luck!
@okkidokitokki (1736)
• United States
21 Mar 09
As a person with out children, I would rather hear one throw a fit about being told no than throw a fit and the parents give in.
I am proud when parents tell their children no and then put them in the buggy and ignore their whiny pleas for whatever it is that mom or dad do not think they need.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
21 Mar 09
What I did with my grandchildren when we left the house to go to the store was tell them if we were not going to buy any toys or candy. I would remind them again when we got to the store then again before we went into the store. If they were told ahead of time they accepted it gracefully if I forgot then we would have a problem. If I felt they would be good then I would tell them ahead of time if they could have a toy or candy. Then I would follow through. That is what worked for me.
@okkidokitokki (1736)
• United States
21 Mar 09
My advice is hard to follow, expecially if you have alot to do that day:
Before you go in the store tell the child they if he misbehaves you will leave. Then when you get in the store remind the child that you will leave if he cannot mind you. (Children have to be reminded often) I would also tell the child that there will only be one warning.
Then when your child acts up (and the first 20 times he will) warn him to act right once. When he does it again (and he will) Then leave the store.
Sounds easy but it is not. If you are grocery shopping it means finding an employee to put your groceries back, or leaving items that you were planning on pourchasing at the store. But if your child is throwing a fit to the point that he is on the floor, the only cure is to leave the store and not go back for the rest of the day.
You may even have to make going to the store with you a treat to be had only for good behavior.
I know that this works because I have done it with my neices and nephew. At first they think that you are kidding and they will act up, but if you follow through and leave, it will sink in that you are in charge a mean business.




