I’m a paediatrician & the robot technique I swear by will stop your kid having tantrums instantly – here’s how to do it
A PAEDIATRICIAN has shared the simple ways to get your kid to stop having tantrums, including a robot technique.
Parents or those in childcare know how frustrating tantrums can get – it seems that whatever you try to do, your child is set on screaming and crying.
If that’s you and your kid is now going through the infamous Terrible Twos, one whizz has revealed methods that, according to him, will stop the tantrums ”forever”.
Dr. Paul Thomas took it to YouTube to share his expertise in a video, which has since gone viral.
”Maybe they’re throwing tantrums, maybe they’re having behaviour issues that are just, like, out of control – could be hitting, could be biting, could be anything.”
To prove just how effective his methods really were, the self-proclaimed Tantrum Wizard had invited a mum with her daughter, whose behaviour had pushed the parent to be at her ”wits’ end”.
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One of the strategies the whizz suggested was an isolated timeout using the robot tehnique.
”Isolation timeout in a safe place – usually it’s their room – and I’m like a robot.”
This means no emotions, no anger – all you you should, he added, is: ”I guess until you can be quiet, here’s you room.
”As soon as you can be quiet, you can come out be with mummy.”
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Another method is something the paediatrician called ”redirect”.
As the name suggests, this means you simply redirect the child’s attention to something else – this comes in particularly handy when you spot them about to hit someone, for instance, a sibling.
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”Oh my goodness, did you see all these cars over here in the window?
”Wow, there’s a red one, there’s a white one, there’s a grey one!”
If you try this trick, he added, you will see that ”they’ve forgotten they were about to go whack Johnny”.
Last but certainly not least is ”The Instagram Moment” – or something the older generation might call ”The Kodak Moment”.
Here, he said, you will verbally, with energy, describe what you’re seeing.
”Oh my goodness, you’ve got the nicest pink dress today. It’s got white lines all across it, that is so cool!”
By describing what’s in front of them, the parents will get some ”good happiness here without having to do anything”.
He emphasised that it’s important to do so with energy: ” Parents, you’ve got to put it up a notch – or two or three.
”Five, ten seconds, and they love it.”
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The mum, who once used to spend 90 minutes just to calm down her daughter, vouched for the recommendations.
”We have a different child. I’m not worried about her around the baby anymore, she doesn’t bite her sister […] which has been a godsend.”