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Query from: gee, India, 03/10/10

Topic: PARENTING Submitted on: Ammas.com

Subject: Parenting advice needed please!!

Hi Ammas, I enjoy this site & I browse this site very regularly.My question: I have a little girl who is 51/2 yrs old.She is very sweet but of late she has started to bring home hair clips from school,that she finds lying on the shelf. She brings it home & then tells me. I've told her repeatedly that this is not acceptable.She says that I do not buy clips like the ones she's bringing.We're not depriving her of her anything?How do I correct her so she does not repeat this action again? Thank you for your help. gee

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Response from: sona sona,
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hi gee! my sympathies. but as i always say, no prob in life can b bigger than life itself. so first step in solving a prob is keeping calm. as they say, chill. once this done u'll be able to deal with it more objectively. so u have a problem and as a plus u know the reason for it too. ur daughter herself told u that she gets it because u dont get it for her. first step, after keeping ur cool, talk to her. this is the tim children start to understand right and wrong. tell her it is wrong to pick up sb else's stuff. tell her the right owner may be looking for it and be upset about it. tell her she may evn be crying for it. if she seems to understand, so far so gud. but dont stop. very casually tell her stories about people who picked up other's things and were punished for it. dont tell tales of severe punishment, just how there precious things were taken frm them or may be they were not allowed to eat or use a fav thing. u can modify some of the fairy tales or panchtantra stories to suit ur purpose. next, to prove ur point, hide one of her fav things, and tell her its her punishment. but make this the last resort. do it only wen she continues to bring home the stuff. but here b strict. dont return her belonging till the time she returns what she brought home. she must not know that u have hidden it. N.B. dont use words like thief or sin to her. its too big a word for a little one. keep ur cool, anger brings out our fears and makes us do things which we regret later. and u dont want to c the effect of either the anger or the regret on ur baby, bcoz trust me both will have an adverse effect on her. so stay cool and solve this prob tactfully and patiently. all the best

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