My Child, Please Don’t Cry
Children have a funny way of getting what they want and parents are often put in difficult situations because of this. I’m sure you’ve all seen children, with their parents, at the local supermarket, at the toy isle. Often, crying can be heard from there, and that’s just one of the numerous techniques children have at their disposal, to use when they see fit.
There are some parents who do not want to spoil their children; therefore they refuse to buy the desired toy. In this case, children have a whole strategy, starting with refusing to move away, clinging to the isle, sticking like glue to the desired toy, and crying louder and louder. The result is predictable: the parents give in and buy the thing to avoid further embarrassment.
You will seldom hear a child crying out loud for a book, or some clothes, for example. Sweets and toys have always been their aim, but lately, children just want to be like the grown-ups so they have started crying for electronic gadgets as well. Last time I heard a kid crying in a store it was for a . No sweets or toys could make him give up, so his parents ended up by buying the object of his desires, the mp3 player. The kid might have seen a review Sansa Fuze to wet his appetite.
Books on this subject have been written, and we strongly encourage parents to read them, in order to better understand how to deal with their children. Shouting at them is not the answer. Nor is hitting them, and you should never do that to your child. Psychologists have analyzed child behavior and have come up with simple solutions.
You may know your child, know how to cope with his fits of rage over getting something they want really bad at that moment, but reading what the specialist have to say on this might be useful, too. Until then, there’s no way out of buying that mp3 player your child wants so badly.