6 Comments

Made me smile. When she was 4, my youngest tried the tantrum game a couple of times but learned I was ok with it. I let her scream and cry and work out her anger as I stood close by, smiling at the strangers in the mall when she wanted a doll she couldn't have and then once at a friend's when it was time to leave. That was all it took for her to figure out a smile got her a lot more!

Expand full comment

Good parenting! Tantrums never got my children anywhere they wanted to go either. My daughter only had to throw one once in a McDonald's play area to get herself banned for a month. I made her count off each day of that month on a calendar with me, even though in reality, we rarely went to McDonalds, she got the message. It never happened again. Anywhere.

Expand full comment

An adult not indulging a child? This must be fiction. 🤣

Expand full comment

What a great uncle!

Expand full comment

For sure! We all need someone like that in our lives.

Expand full comment