Many of the popular books I’ve read about managing children’s unpleasant behaviors (whining, tattling, screaming, tantruming, name-calling…) include a similar “strategy” for raising young children. Adults should ignore a child’s unwanted behaviors.
Ignore.
One logical (though incomplete) idea underlies this suggestion: children will continue with behaviors that meet their needs. If a child is trying to get attention by tantruming,
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