Every Child's Age Has Its Own Whims

According to the specialists' points of view, in the modern world children's whims disturb many contemporary parents. As a rule, the caprices may occur suddenly and in the background of quite calm behavior of the child. Most moms and dads know the situation, when generally calm kids are starting to cry and to worry on any occasion. And the older your child becomes, the more causes for hysteria he/she has. 

 For example, the kid may start crying because you have not bought him/her a toy, like other children have, or haven't given a sweet, or have gone to another playground or haven't organized the demanded children's ride ons. In order not to create a child's habit of getting everything desired by a weeping and crying, all parents should find out the reasons for children's whims. Frankly speaking, there are plenty of them. For example, the most common ones are the little time you allow the kids ride on toys, or the dishes you have proposed them.

Tendency to the caprices and whims is usually associated with age and psychophysical characteristics of children. The most frequently they appear in early childhood. Moreover, the younger the child is, the more frequent and typical the caprices are.

The whims of children under two years old

At the age of two years old the children's whims may be caused by overwork, change of situation or illness of the kid. However, they are quite easy to be avoided. In order to prevent them, the parents need to organize the children's day properly and to make sure that he/she feels comfortable and safe.

The whims of children from two to five years old

In the period from two to five years old, the child begins to show and to his/her disagreement with the actions of their parents rather actively, trying to make them to fulfill his/her own desires .Adults should not show dictate and put pressure on the toddler by the authority. By the way, according to the specialists' points of view the relationships like that are considered to be the most unfavorable for the formation of the future adult personality. According to contemporary research, an effective style of parenting is represented by a partnership, which is based on the principle of unification of all family members.

The whims of children over five years old

The whims and caprices of children over five years old are a consequence of a well-established habit that was caused by the absence of dialogue between children and adults as well as constant crying and yelling. In this situation the specialists usually give the parents one special piece of advice. - Ignore any attempts to manipulate you.

Propose your child to think carefully, whether he/she really needs the thing he/she asks for. If you can't make this request for any reason, explain your behavior and decision. For example, you can tell that at that very moment you can't buy the favorite little tikes car, because you need money for other more important purchases.

Your clarifying refuse will not be perceived painful, if the child will understand the reason why he/she can’t get the desired item.

In general these actions seem to be quite easy, don’t they? Everybody is able to perform this. Just start and you will see the results very quickly.

And at the end, we would like to mention, that in most cases the child’s behavior is a result and a so-called mirror of our attention. Try to be closer to your kids, ask and answer different questions, play various games together and try to feel his/her mood and emotions. These simple things will help to avoid a great number of troubles and misunderstandings in your relations.