Whining
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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
Asked by J.A. from Altoona
on January 27, 2007
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My nearly 3yr old whines A LOT! I have tried taking toys away every time he whines and the treat of taking one away seems to work the best. But its still not effecti...
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- I always told my children that I couldn't understand them if they were whining for example if my daughter said " I want you to read me a book" in a whiny voice I would...
- Whining is so annoying, isn't it?! lol When my son starts to whine, I give him a nice example of how I want his voice to sound. I repeat his request in a normal...
- My son has a tendancy to whine, also. I always say "I thought I had a big boy. I can't hear you until you talk like one." He usually calms down and tries his best t...
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...
Whining
Asked by A.F. from Dallas
on January 6, 2007
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Help! Our six year old daughter whines constantly when I am around. She is great for everyone else, but the minute I step in a room, that sound starts coming out of h...
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- Ignore her whines. If she wants something, tell her to ask you correctly. If she continues to whine...ignore her.
- Hi A.! :) Have you tried completely ignoring her? Another thing you could try is explaining to her that you will not put up with her whining and every time you wal...
- Hi A.. My name is L. and I have two daughters...5 and 7 (about to be 6 and 8 in a month) I don't have sure fire remedies for whining just because I am not very consist...
Whining
Asked by A.C. from Rockford
on January 22, 2010
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I have a 6 yrs old son who has gotten the habit to whine when he wants something or if theres something wrong, It drives me crazy how can I get him to stop
please ...
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- I tired the Ignore the whining trick but it only worked for so long.. and then they started to carry it out further... So i resulted to the copy their behavior route.....
- Just don't respond to him unless he's using a normal tone of voice. A bit harder than it sounds, but start taking deep breaths :), and letting him know that you can't...
- Start by telling him that you really want to hear what he has to say, but that you don't listen to whining. When he does whine, reinforce "I would like to hear you, bu...
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...
