Kid That Cries "Wolf" All The Time

[sharlan]

I have a 3 yo that has started crying "wolf" all day long.

Ow, stop, you're hurting me. Baby, no, that's mine. He hurt me. Somebody walks by her and she gives a little cry. This goes on all day. The problem is not a single person is near her when this happens.

Now she has been hurt a couple of times by accident, but not every day and not all day long.

How do you stop this?

[spud912]

Ugh, I don't have that per se, but I have a constant tattler. I don't need a video camera because I have dcb, who relays everything he sees to me, regardless if I am seeing it at the same time as he is! I just got to the point (and it's probably not the best method) where I will say, "Dcb, is your name 'Cindy?' Oh no, it's not? Then don't worry about it or else I'm going to start calling you Cindy. Worry about yourself!" I rinse and repeat ........ and repeat ......... and repeat ......... and repeat. Is my method working? No, not really ::::.

I guess I have no advice to give except to either ignore her behavior, redirect, or remind her repeatedly to stop being so sensitive . Good luck!

[MarinaVanessa]

Oh good luck .... I have one of these and she's 5. Super emotional and super sensitive. Kids that walk by her and accidentally softly brush by her will make her throw herself on the ground, grab her arm like the the devil had set it on fire and have her convulsing on the ground screaming bloody murder.

This is what I do: I just tell her that if she needs to cry that it's ok but that she must do it at the reading spot. I have her tell her woes to tattling turtle (who lives at the reading spot) and when she is calm I approach her and we talk about how her behavior is innapropriate. I go over how so-and-so did not hit her and that the kid only walked by her and brushed by her etc. She still does it on occasion but at least it seems as if it's less frequent now (this is the same DCG that doesn't know the meaning of personal space and constantly needs reminding about not hovering so close to the other kids).

Sometimes some kids are just needier than other kids. When I know that she overreacts I just don't pay her as much attention and I only really cater to her if someone has actually wronged her. If she needs to cry, that's ok ... she just has to do it away from the group and we don't give her any attention.

[sharlan]

I just say, "Susie, stop!" and then I walk away.

This morning she was in the playroom, all by herself, and she kept saying, "Baby, stop. Baby, I'm playing with the trains. Baby, stop, you're hurting me." The baby was in the family room playing with toys.

One of the boys was walking towards her, 5 ft away, and she gave a little cry like he hit her.

One just pointed something at her and she gave a little cry. It's not like she really cries, just enough to get my attention.

[daycare]

I had one of these and when she did it, I would gather up the group and move to a new play area. Ignore her and take away her victims.

Or when she does it you can remove her from the victims. give her, her own area to play with with no victims......