If I had to pat myself on the back for something I achieved in my life I would say I raised 2 children that I believe are an asset to the world. Now don’t get me wrong, I have made my mistakes but on the whole I am very happy with my parenting ways.
I would love to share some views now and then with you or give you my take on a situation. I don’t have a degree in psychology but I have a keen sense of intuition that I believe helped me.
I will start out easy…number one rule, NO IDOL THREATS! You have to follow through on your word or kids will play you like a Stradivarius violin. So remember, if you say “If you don’t stop crying we are leaving this store” and your child does not stop crying, LEAVE THE STORE.
Dalia
Violins are pretty hard to play, and personally, I would not allow any child near a Stradivarius.
But seriously, there are two ways to get the child to shut up in your scenario, one is your way, the second is two give him/her something as a reward for shutting up. Unfortunately the ladder may result in someone being spoiled, and even more unfortunately I see parents resorting to that all the to often.