Tips To Fight Nagging
Updated: 3:22 pm PDT July 2, 2007
Experts offered several tips on how parents can deal with children who nag.Make sure your child's basic needs are met. It isn't fair to punish or be upset at a hungry or tired child. Don't ignore nagging and hope it will go away. Give your child reinforcement that she is heard and acknowledged when she communicates thoughtfully and responsibly. Always keep your word, and apologize if you don't. Never dismiss or blow off something that seems important to your child. Give kids a fixed allowance and tell them it comes with a no-nag rule. With children 8 and older, watch commercials that target kids and point out the devious tactics and persuasive manipulations advertisers use to persuade them to want the product. The older they are, the more angry they will become at adults trying to play with their emotions and hook them on products. With kids younger than 8, have fun with asking, telling or discussing with them what advertisers are really trying to sell them -- popularity, being cool, etc. Don't give in to tactics such as crying or saying things such as, "If you cared about me, you would buy me that." Limit the amount of TV and online time your child is allowed. Don't forget that kids are incessantly pitched to buy on the Web sites they use most frequently. Mute the sound on commercials. Empathize with your kids and tell them you know why they feel like they have to have what they're nagging you to buy for them.
Distributed by Internet Broadcasting. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Click here to WIN prizes!
Discover Fantastic Close-to-Home Destinations!
Choose Wisely When Picking Tax Preparer
Tame Your Credit Card Interest Today
Inappropriate Wedding Songs
Test Drive Green Car Of Year Finalists
Find Local New And Used Cars
Do You Know What Alcohol Dependence Is?
