“All this noise is making me SO frustrated. Instead of yelling back, “Stop whining,” that pause gave me time to think instead of reacting. I didn’t do that here, but I’m willing to try it.įirst, I paused. The study even goes to suggest that you should talk to yourself in third person to gain some distance from your strong emotions. A recent research study suggests that a ddressing yourself outloud helps you regulate and manage your emotions. Read: How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids When You’re Angryīut, instead of screaming or crying myself, I’ve been talking through my calm-down process out loud.īut science backs me up. The whining gets to me so much, I struggle with rational thought when he’s doing it. When my son whines, a little knob twists inside me and I want to scream. Read: How to Deal with a Grumpy Child This trick works… I’m talking months until kids internalize what we show them.Īfter two months of using this strategy, my son finally used it himself. The thing we need to remember is… our teaching will not sink in right away. I started using this tactic a few months ago to teach my son not to whine. They know not to whine, but now, how to deal with those feelings they don’t know how to express? I’ve tried both of these and while they’ve worked temporarily, they’ve never given my kids the tools they need to process their tough emotions. Is it under the stairs? Is it under the table?” Another is to make a joke out of it by saying, “Oh, I wonder where Sara’s regular voice has gone. One is to make kids repeat what they say without whining. We need to teach our kids how to deal with strong emotions – without hurting our ears. Read: 3 Ways to Stop Whining for Good How to Teach Kids to Stop Whining This is one tip that will help them process their tough emotions, stop whining and even boost YOUR mental state. They’re telling us they don’t know how to handle the intense emotions boiling up inside. It’s not your fault if you have a kid like this. He lets them all out and hurts everyone else’s eardrums in the process. When he gets just the little bit frustrated, he yells so loud that our neighbors need to cover their ears. My daughter was never much of a whiner, but my son… oh. Does the whining make your head hurt? Do you want to dig a tunnel through your kitchen floor and burrow inside until the whining stops?
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