Life won’t always gift your child with exactly his heart’s desire. But there are ways you can make sure that, underneath it all, he learns to appreciate what he has.
- Your 9-year-old keeps a running — and growing — list of toys he has to have. He’s up to number 23 this season.
- Your 5-year-old grimaces at the stuffed Elmo her aunt gives her and says, “But I wanted a Barbie!”
- You can’t even take your kid to get socks or lightbulbs without him whining for you to buy him something — seemingly anything.
- Your 6-year-old gobbles down the Teddy Grahams that another parent at the playground gives him. But when you prod him to say “Thank you,” he won’t.
- When you say no to a DS that, according to your daughter, “everyone at school” has, she complains that all her BFFs get cooler stuff than she does.
Sounds familiar? Here‘s how to handle it.
Source: Parenting.Com