Just kick it in the harddrive.
I'd hate to think what you'd have to do if that didn't work.
Taking on another mans child. You're a better man than me!
I've done that, and it's no problem - he's a decent fella, I get on well with him. Admittedly, it helps that he lives a few hours drive away, and I already have a son of my own. But, it's only a problem if you (and/or he) make it one.
Without the support from her parents and a consistent approach, any efforts you make will be pointless. Good luck, that's my only advice.
Run for your life.
This kid Is a genius. All credit to her.
Our 2 year old has really amusing tantrums at the moment. If you tell her no about something and she's upset about that, she just lies down on the floor. She doesn't even throw herself down haphazardly, just drops down and lies down.
We just walk around her or step over her until she packs it in.
[Damien];20447096 said:Disciplining children is all out war, they're devious little buggers and giving in just teaches them how long they need to make a fuss for before they get what they want.
Our 2 year old has really amusing tantrums at the moment. If you tell her no about something and she's upset about that, she just lies down on the floor. She doesn't even throw herself down haphazardly, just drops down and lies down.
Our 2 year old has really amusing tantrums at the moment. If you tell her no about something and she's upset about that, she just lies down on the floor. She doesn't even throw herself down haphazardly, just drops down and lies down.
We just walk around her or step over her until she packs it in.
[Damien];20447096 said:Ours does the same. She'll throw a tantrum over something stupid (she wants an orange, and doesn't understand that you peeling it first instead of just giving it to her doesn't mean you're witholding it) and she'll lie down and cry.
She's cried herself to sleep before now over something pointless like that.
Disciplining children is all out war, they're devious little buggers and giving in just teaches them how long they need to make a fuss for before they get what they want.
OP: Keep up the good fight...
Precisely.
Don't forget that at this age children are extremely focused on what is happening so for those few mins, that event or in this case ‘the orange’ becomes their world and they haven't developed enough to rationalise and balance the situation quickly enough, so if it doesn’t happen as they expect or plan it to its game-over.