| "Moooooooooooom!" | | | | First, try limiting the situations that trigger it. Avoid |
| It's irritating, it's frustrating and it gets on your last | | | | extra errands when the kids are hungry. Don't let |
| nerve. Though it's obnoxious and unacceptable, it's | | | | them get involved in a frustrating game or project |
| actually an effective for your child to get your | | | | prior to bedtime. Pay attention when your child is |
| attention. It's whining. But, like other bad habits, you | | | | talking, as sometimes whining is a reaction when a |
| can nip it in the bud early with a few simple | | | | child feels you aren't giving them your full attention. |
| strategies to teach your child there are other | | | | Praise them for not whining and talking in a normal |
| appropriate, effective forms of communicating with | | | | and understandable voice that allows you to fully |
| you. | | | | understand what they are saying to you. |