Irrational Demands By Kids – How To Deal?
How to deal with irrational demands from children? A friend of mine was horrified when her daughter demanded designer silver jewellery for her birthday. The child had heard a classmate speak of how her parents gave her anything she wanted on her birthday and decided to try her luck.
Of course, children have no idea of how difficult it is to earn money and how important it is to save for future occasions. They are interested in instant gratification of their desires and demands even if they do not serve any long term purposes. Well, the adult in you will tell you that you have to reject these demands without any hesitation. However, the parent in you will point out that refusing stuff to your child is not a simple matter.
Your child may make it a habit to contact different relatives and request the same gift from them. Not only will it embarrass you in front of your relatives, it will also make it difficult for you to enforce your discipline in an efficient manner. Contacting your relatives to request them not to concede to the demands of the girl may just not work. Instead, you will have to use the carrot and the stick policy to make sure that the child does not create complications.
The first option is to be very firm in refusing the gift for your child. The second step that you should take is come up with different ideas that will not only make your child happy but will also be useful for him or her in the future. A persistent approach combined with lots of love and affection should do the trick. No matter what you do, never take the easy way out and giving to the child’s demand because that will affect the long term development of the child.
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