Stopping Whining And Whingeing In Preschooler

Stopping Whining And Whingeing In Preschooler

• To help stop whining it's best to show your child how to ask for something or how to wait. It helps to break the task down into smaller, easy to do steps. Explain each step and demonstrate clearly how to ask. Reward them with praise when they do the right thing.
• Be clear in what you expect. Be consistent and set achievable goals.
• Sometimes enlisting the help of older children who have already learnt how to behave appropriately can help.
• Expecting a three year old to wait one minute is a reasonable goal but expectations will vary between families and cultures.
• You can:
  • attend to the child's needs more quickly when they don't whine
  • use a happy voice and praise them when they do wait
  • when talking to someone and the child is whining, crouch down to their eye level and explain that you are talking, that you hear them and will talk to them soon if they stand by you and wait. You may want to hold your child's hand while you quickly finish your conversation
  • demonstrate the best way to ask for something by doing it yourself
  • respond to a whinge in a calm and friendly voice, eg 'I'd like to listen to you, please use your normal voice'.

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