Once my youngest was contemplating a tantrum. I could see it on his face, It always worked for his friend…. I laughed and said “Not thee, bub!”
A few weeks (months?) later, he tried one with his sister. She opened teh bedroom door and tossed him onto the waterbed and shut the door. He came out a couple of minutes later, having left the tantrum somewhere…
I had a new baby and a two year old and the toddler was fine with the baby but took it out on me that there was an interloper and that she wasn’t the center of the universe anymore; she had to share my attention and she was not fine with that. I called my mom for advice and she said, next time there’s a massive tantrum, calmly sweetly ask her if she wants a glass of cold water on her head. I figured I had to be at home and I had to be on my own best behavior so it would be purely out of love and not frustration. The moment came a few days later. I asked her, she demanded a more favored liquid, I told her water was fine and I poured not a cup but just a drop or two on her scalp. This was not the effect she was going for. She had already stopped to pay attention to this weird thing Mommy was doing. She considered the thing and that was the end of the tantrum! The next time all I did was ask her if she wanted a cup of cold water—and she stopped. End of massive tantrums—they never got her what she wanted anyway. How about a hug. I told my mom she was a genius, and that’s when she told me that no, it was Dad’s mom who was the genius and had passed it on to her.
I hope everyone enjoyed the cartoon and the discussions!
We sorted out our youngest kid’s tantrums with this method. Here’s the basics: Tantrums are Brain Stem. Thinking is Forebrain. You get the kid out of the brain stem (instinct) behavior with forebrain stimulation. Of course, if this were a cartoon from the 1930s, the punchline would have been the adult paddling the child, and everyone laughs… They didn’t have brain stems and forebrains back then.
pschearer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Would that work?
Michael G. almost 4 years ago
Age and guile … :-)
Doctor Toon almost 4 years ago
9 is one of my lucky numbers, in this case its one of Dads too
ChessPirate almost 4 years ago
{"Naptime?"} [Blink!] “I DON’T WANNA! I DON’T WANNA! I DON’T WANNA!”
CamiSu Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Once my youngest was contemplating a tantrum. I could see it on his face, It always worked for his friend…. I laughed and said “Not thee, bub!”
A few weeks (months?) later, he tried one with his sister. She opened teh bedroom door and tossed him onto the waterbed and shut the door. He came out a couple of minutes later, having left the tantrum somewhere…
cuzinron47 almost 4 years ago
I guess that tantrum wasn’t all that important.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 4 years ago
A question for Greg Cravens: Did my mom put you up to this?
Beale_Knight almost 4 years ago
Brilliant!
amaryllis2 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I had a new baby and a two year old and the toddler was fine with the baby but took it out on me that there was an interloper and that she wasn’t the center of the universe anymore; she had to share my attention and she was not fine with that. I called my mom for advice and she said, next time there’s a massive tantrum, calmly sweetly ask her if she wants a glass of cold water on her head. I figured I had to be at home and I had to be on my own best behavior so it would be purely out of love and not frustration. The moment came a few days later. I asked her, she demanded a more favored liquid, I told her water was fine and I poured not a cup but just a drop or two on her scalp. This was not the effect she was going for. She had already stopped to pay attention to this weird thing Mommy was doing. She considered the thing and that was the end of the tantrum! The next time all I did was ask her if she wanted a cup of cold water—and she stopped. End of massive tantrums—they never got her what she wanted anyway. How about a hug. I told my mom she was a genius, and that’s when she told me that no, it was Dad’s mom who was the genius and had passed it on to her.
gregcartoon Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I hope everyone enjoyed the cartoon and the discussions!
We sorted out our youngest kid’s tantrums with this method. Here’s the basics: Tantrums are Brain Stem. Thinking is Forebrain. You get the kid out of the brain stem (instinct) behavior with forebrain stimulation. Of course, if this were a cartoon from the 1930s, the punchline would have been the adult paddling the child, and everyone laughs… They didn’t have brain stems and forebrains back then.