5 things that actually work when your kid is having a meltdown
Why is it that when we try to calm kids down, they sometimes get more worked up" Our intention is to be soothing. To teach them that this tiny bump in the road of life can be driven over without crashing the entire vehicle into a ditch. It will be OK! But the message they hear is a different one: ?You can?t have what you want and I don?t care, because your feelings are not important enough to bother about.? Now the distress is doubled?added to the original disappointment over the missing granola bar is that lonely feeling you get when you realize nobody cares that you?re sad.
It?s true that for adults a granola bar ranks way down on the scale of global disasters. But for a disappointed kid, that missing treat is just as upsetting as any of the petty disasters that befall us grown-ups during the day. Your annoying coworker constantly uses your pens and doesn?t replace them" Stop complaining. It?s not a big deal! Your friend shared your personal health problems with the whole neighbourhood" You?re overreacting. Don?t be so sensitive. The mechanic overcharged you to repair your transmission; it broke down again a week later and he wouldn?t give you a refund" Hey, that?s life! No use getting upset about it. Don?t get mad at us. We?re just trying to help you by explaining why you?re wrong to feel bad. It?s pretty infuriating when our own disappointments, admittedly insignificant in the grand scheme of things, are summarily dismissed. ...
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