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we drop everything to feed our nine-
year-old the moment he says he is complaint of boredom as children
will never gain the ability to entertain
way around the kitchen (or the gro- themselves.
cery store) in the future.
What can you do?
What can you do?
Take a backseat. Let your child strug- learn to entertain themselves. At
complain of boredom, but eventually
If he really tries and really fails, then they will gain powerful problem-solv-
you can save him.
Today’s children . Who doesn’t want
to give their kids everything? It’s hard
they live in a fast-paced society with to say no when it’s a 99 cent toy at
- the dollar store, but children need to
understand that they cannot always
- get what they want. Otherwise, they
ately to their children’s requests and will fall apart when they encounter
desires. This means that when they
are forced to wait it causes anxiety
and uncertainty. What can you do?
Occasionally, make your children earn
What can you do? what they want. Even young children
can learn they need to help with tasks
child to wait for things he wants. to earn the things they want. And, if
When it comes to his needs, of course,
provide them, but don’t constantly teaching your child to work toward a
jump at his beck and call. He’ll learn goal.
. When we feel we
. Many children feel guilty. We then take on the re-
- sponsibility of causing the child un-
happy feelings. This makes it very
math club. They are overscheduled
