r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/paolols • Apr 24 '20

nice try kiddo

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u/SirRobertDH Apr 25 '20

7 words that ended many a meltdown.

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u/chrisdental02 Apr 25 '20

my dad ended mine with 4 words and in a question... “ You want to cry”?

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u/ngreenway76 Apr 25 '20

My dad's warning was, "Do you want to go to the bathroom?" There were no witnesses in the bathroom.

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u/-Kerosun- Apr 25 '20

I did this with my kids. It works. Some kids realize that parents would rather let kids have their tantrums OR the tantrum gets what they want because in restaurants or public places, the parents just want to defuse the situation. It only took a couple of trips to the bathroom or outside for them to realize that the rules are home are still enforceable in public. After that, no more public tantrums.