Whining: Child
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A Very Whiney Stage!!!
Asked by T.C. from Minneapolis
on April 7, 2011
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my son will be 4 in august and latley he has been sooooo whiney!!! It is driving me crazy. we have a 1 year old also and i dont know if its a bit of jealosy with her d...
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- When my kids whine, I do it right back to them. Whether just answering them or saying I can't understand you when you talk like this in a whiny voice. Then I ask if ...
- I just tell my 3 year old I can't understand the whine voice.... and to use her normal voice. If she continues to whine I just keep saying..."what? I don't no what y...
- My daughter is going through that as well, I started to write it off as terrible twos but my husband wasn't having it. Anytime she whines he warns her that that's not ...
How to Stop the Whining?
Asked by L.B. from Provo
on February 20, 2008
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my oldest boy will be 3 in April and whines a lot. he's starting to add the 'a' sound at the end of mommy and other words. i also have a 15 month old son who does not ...
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- Hello L., If you find reading helpful, I suggest reading "How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk," by Faber and Mazlish. You may find some great ...
- Hi L.! I had the same problem with my daughter. When the whining would start, I would tell her (once!) that if she wouldn't talk to me without whining it, or in a no...
- Hi L., This TOTALLY worked for me: Whenever my girls would speak to me in a whining voice, I would say in response "What? I'm sorry honey, but I can't hear you when y...
Whining
Asked by K.H. from Dallas
on March 15, 2009
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My 51/2 y/o son has been whining about everything lately. Not just when he is tired, but all the time! It is about to drive me crazy. Is this normal at this age?
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- When my daughter was little and whined a lot, I repeated a poem to a tune: Wendy whiner go away, come again another day. I said this over and over. To this day a...
- Whining is normal for all kids...even teenagers! I know a lot of adults that whine, too! The best thing to do is to ignore the whining. Explain in a calm voice th...
- I think it must be the age. My second child is 51/2 as well and the whining has really gotten out of control. I don't remember it being this bad with the first one b...
Whining
Asked by E.C. from Tampa
on January 13, 2009
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I have two beautiful children, a 9 year old girl named Bailee and a 6 year old son named Brandon. They are complete opposites.. Bailee is very articulate and quiet, lo...
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- I have an 11 year old and an 8 year old. My younger one has more whining issues as well. I have found that whenever either child whines, I give them 15 minutes of ch...
- Hey There, On the other side of kids! I remember telling my girls when they would whine that I could not understand what they were saying and when they could talk t...
- There is a great book called "Parenting is Heart Work" that helped us with our whining daughter, also a 2nd child. Now I can't say she never whines, but I deal with i...
Whining... Help Finishing a Sentence.
Asked by R.B. from Chico
on November 29, 2009
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Okay, so we're trying to help our three-year-old move beyond whining to communicating in way that more effectively invites others to want to help. Here's the sentence...
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- First explain to her what whining is. Do this when she is not whining, maybe while you are having a meal together. Use a sentence with and without a whine so she see...
- Greetings R., Let me say taht as the mother of 5, I never felt the need to explain anything to a child that is out of control. Talking and reasoning is a concept tha...
- I say in a calm even toned voice (often hard to do because the whining drives me crazy!)to my 3 and 5 year olds..."I'm sorry are you talking to me? I can not understa...
Whining 10 Year Old
Asked by C.J. from Jacksonville
on October 20, 2006
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I have a son who is 10 who still whines alot. He whines over everything from not getting his way to taking a shower. He will be in middle school next year so this ha...
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- with my 5 year old i told him that i can't understand "whining".i told him if you want or need something you have to ask without whining or i not gonna even hear him.s...
- Have you tried a responsibility chart? I use one for my son who is six. I have been using it since he was 4 1/2. One of the "buttons" is "no whining". He used to b...
- I think one of your big problems is that you let his whinning go on this long. You should have nipped this behavior in the butt when he was younger, now it is going to...
Kids Whining
Asked by M.K. from Los Angeles
on September 28, 2009
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My son is one more month to be 6 year old. Sometimes he is angry or sad for little matters and no one knows what is wrong with him. We guess maybe it is hot or he is t...
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- 40 year old men still whine for no reason! :)
- I had five children of my own, now I babysit children. I find that the kids do whine at ages 5 and 6. I tell them I do not do whining. If they want to talk to me th...
- I have no idea if it is normal, but my son turns 6 in october and he just started Kinder. He whines and has tantrums, and it seems like a new thing. i don't know why...
Whining and Quitting
Asked by F.S. from Chicago
on September 22, 2009
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My 5 year old daughter has a tendency to quit doing anything that's difficult. At the moment, her problem is getting herself up on a swingset and pumping, or using th...
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- It is a typical 5 year old response. It's fine to encourage her to keep trying and to help her build her skills---especially when other kids aren't around. That being ...
- I don't know if the info at the bottom of your post is current, but if you just moved three weeks ago it is very likely that your daughter has normal insecurities and ...
- I would just not respond to whining and tell her that if she would like my help with something, to make the request in a normal voice. As for the swing, just be suppor...
5 Year Old Boy Constant Whining and Sass
Asked by K.M. from Dallas
on April 27, 2011
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What do you do when your 5 year old boy sasses and whines constantly. Every little thing that I ask him to do (clean up toys, go potty, help with something like getti...
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- Oh I thought I was the only one with a 5 year old boy that acts like that. I have figured out that my 5yo boy and my 3 yo girl both respond to MY behavior/mood. If I'm...
- I love what Nikki said about "the look".....once you have control - that's all you need to do! My niece is working on her Masters in Education & swears that she refer...
- I disagree with Amy, ignoring works beautifully. My kids know whining will get them no where. Ignore it long enough, they realize it doesn't work, get bored, and move ...
Super Whiney 10 Month Old
Asked by J.D. from Dallas
on September 15, 2008
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Ok ladies, I feel like I'm going to pull my hair out. I am a SAHM, but also nanny for two other similarly aged infants. My son has started whining in the highchair, ...
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- We went through the same thing with my son, only he was about a year old when he started. And the whining can drive you crazy!! I felt like we tried everything too, ...
- My son is the same way off and on. He is a whiner. After figuring out he doesn't have a true "need" I must attend to, I tell him I can't understand his whining and t...
- Try changing from a high chair to one of those chairs that attaches to your own chair. It is like a booster chair, but they have straps to secure the child. My daug...
