I really struggle with those cases too. If I flat out tell my kid “No” and he gets upset? That makes perfect sense to me. But so often now he’s having a meltdown and I am literally saying, "Why are you crying? You will get everything you want if we just finish this thing first!
I really struggle with those cases too. If I flat out tell my kid “No” and he gets upset? That makes perfect sense to me. But so often now he’s having a meltdown and I am literally saying, "Why are you crying? You will get everything you want if we just finish this thing first!
If it helps at all, since posting this she has gotten better at dealing with stuff like this.