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Jul. 12th, 2007 10:21 pmAs a general rule, I don't like temper tantrums. From two-year-olds, or from those old enough to know better than to pull them.
That being said, pulling the occasional well-timed tantrum myself can have phenomenal results. Take yesterday, when the boy we're currently working on potty-training decided to through a fit and a half over putting his shoes back on after he'd had to change his wet pants. And I was so sick of the fussiness the kids have been pulling this week that I stomped up the stairs, took him by the chin and pretty much shouted "that is enough" at him, before reeling off a short lecture.
Now I almost never raise my voice around the kids. I'll put them in time out, tell them to stop, all the other bits that go with keeping small children in line and well-behaved, but I seldom go louder than normal speaking tone. So when I raised my voice to something that was still a level or so below a shout but definitely much louder than normal, well, you should have seen his face. And the faces of all the other kids, for that matter. Utterly dumbfounded.
They were remarkably well behaved afterwards, though. From sheer shock, I think.
That being said, pulling the occasional well-timed tantrum myself can have phenomenal results. Take yesterday, when the boy we're currently working on potty-training decided to through a fit and a half over putting his shoes back on after he'd had to change his wet pants. And I was so sick of the fussiness the kids have been pulling this week that I stomped up the stairs, took him by the chin and pretty much shouted "that is enough" at him, before reeling off a short lecture.
Now I almost never raise my voice around the kids. I'll put them in time out, tell them to stop, all the other bits that go with keeping small children in line and well-behaved, but I seldom go louder than normal speaking tone. So when I raised my voice to something that was still a level or so below a shout but definitely much louder than normal, well, you should have seen his face. And the faces of all the other kids, for that matter. Utterly dumbfounded.
They were remarkably well behaved afterwards, though. From sheer shock, I think.
