Crying to get what they want-how to not indulge them???

caroljean · Gold Member Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 356

Please, help!!!! I am in trouble and am about to get nerves breakdown with those two kids of mine. They are 3 and 5 years old boys and they are cute and fine and I love them the most on the whole world but I have this persistent problem with them; they are crying to get what they want-how not to indulge them??? And the problem is they want everything they see and this has turned into mission impossible for I am not able to afford them all they want but on the other hand I don't want to indulge them. How to fix this?

norrie · Veteran Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 513

You still have a time I would say let them cry for a couple of days just to avoid the risk of indulging them. For you know if you make all their wishes come true than that is how you will indulge them. I had the same problem with my son it was enough for him to see some kiddy thing on tv commercial and the "song" starts I was at first very furious over this and was planning on how I would get him this-but it is a way to hell. Finally I figured out I need to deal with this situation right away and I talked to him a lot explaining him why he can't get everything he wants. He is now 6 year old and he is pretty much reasonable and this crying thing for whatever he sees has just turned into a phase that we left behind.

Crying to get what they want-how to not indulge them???

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