Brown Eyed Baby Boutique

Public Behavior

October 3rd, 2006

Surveys would suggest that many parents feel disadvantaged when in public.  When kids start acting out, they dread dealing with the whining, complaining, demanding and negotiating that goes on when shopping, eating out or traveling.

Let us look at just one.  Shopping!!!  It’s time to go shopping and you can’t find a babysitter.  You dread the thought of taking the kids along, as they start to whine and complain by the time you pull out of the drive way.

You start to threaten them and run out of threats.  You then try to bribe them and you spend all your money on the bribe to try and stop the whining and complaining.

There is shopping insanity, and there is shopping sanity.  You can go from craziness and dread to moments of enjoyable shopping with your kids.

There are three keys points to help you have an enjoyable experience with your children.

1. Clarify your expectations

2.  Stop investing in the negative behavior

3. Establish limits with consequences, not words and threats.

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