Complaints are one of the most common resources used by children (mainly younger ones) to express when they feel dissatisfied, disliked or uncomfortable in a situation. However, despite being a perfectly normal resource, this can become manipulation when the children settle in the complaint.
Children can burst into tantrums when we least expect it, especially when they are young and their ability to verbalize what they feel is still reduced.
Young children are purely emotional, and in addition, they lack the tools to regulate themselves and the social skills to behave according to norms. For this reason, it is common for them to have emotional outbursts or tantrums as a normal part of their normal development, and it is necessary that parents know how to accompany them in those moments.
When it's time to go shopping, surely the last thing we want is to take the children. Both going to the supermarket to stock the pantry, and going to a shopping center to do any other errand, are boring and tired plans for the little ones.
"Mom, have you seen what I can do?", "Look what a beautiful drawing I have colored!", "Dad, look at me! I'm going to run at full speed!" ... It is normal for our children to claim our attention frequently. Parents are their best audience and they enjoy when we watch them and value what they do.
There is a mental exercise that I do often since I am a mother and my daughters began to grow: I try to remember moments from my childhood and evaluate the feelings that they produced in me. Generally, the ones that come to light are those that gave me great joy or great sadness, and the latter have an element that is repeated a lot: they arose because of things that caused me concern.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.