Negotiate With Three Year Olds
When the three year old daughter of a friend throws a temper tantrum, she would usually cry and cry while sometimes stomping her feet or bang her fist against something. One time I saw her banging her Princess Vanity Table & Chair Set that it almost broke. Such a little kid alright, but when she doesn’t get what she wants, she can be very destructive.
My friend says that it is worse when they are out on public. What she usually does though is to let her be. She allows her daughter to throw the tantrum fits. The psychology in this is that, the more you pay attention to this, the worse it can get.
When the child is calmer though, that’s the time she would speak with her and then negotiate with a three year old. Yes, negotiate. Three year olds are the toughest to deal with as they almost always immediately say “No”. But the things that my friend “negotiate” for are usually things that work in her favor.
Kids have to learn early on that they cannot always get what they want. Teaching them this will help avoid raising a spoilt child, which becomes a bigger problem much, much later, if it isn’t kept in check.
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