I Have No Sympathy For.....

[Christina72684]

I love this topic!
No offense to anybody, but all I can do is laugh!
Suppose if your exposed to anything long enough, it losses the effect.
I don't think that necessarily makes us mean, or numb to the crying, just experienced on where to be concerned, or aged like fine wine or cheese!

[Bookworm]

I love this topic!
No offense to anybody, but all I can do is laugh!
Suppose if your exposed to anything long enough, it losses the effect.
I don't think that necessarily makes us mean, or numb to the crying, just experienced on where to be concerned, or aged like fine wine or cheese!

I always thought I was the only one who ignored unnecessary crying. I have 2 DCKs that do this. One of them will fall out if they don't want to go outside. I tell them that they can stop because it's not going to change anything and walk away. They usually stop after about 2 min. The other one will cry if the wind changes. For example, yesterday while making sand castles with another DCK, this DCK had a meltdown. When I asked why was she crying, she said that she didn't want other DCK to use the pink bucket. I just said "I'm sorry and walked off". She stopped after a few minutes. One of the first things I tell new kids to my class is "Crying gets you nothing".

[jgcp]

I do not handle the crying/whining thing. In fact I have a dcg that was so bad when I got her, when the state showed up for an inspection they were like whoa is this all day( even if I held her rocked her) they gave me permission to put her in a playpen in a seperate room cause she cried the entire time ahhhhhhh. They def don't get what they want when they act like this!!! Dcg is way better now but still has moments

[coolconfidentme]

DCKs who cry at drop off/pick up crack me up. They know it works on parents & not with us. I say, "Go sit over there & cry it our. When your down come back & play." Not sure why this is so hard for parents to do.

[NightOwl]

I can't stand it. I don't allow my own kids to do it either.
I say to my daughters "if you're crying there better be blood"

Loo....

[lilcupcakes09]

I must be harsh too! I have a 6 yr old dcb that crys all the time, everyday for every reason. I don't even entertain it, just send him to the other room by himself and have him come back when he is done. It usually doesn't last long. He is very "babified" at home so I understand where it comes from.

I have no sympathy for kids who cry for no reason, especially older ones (4-5yr olds). You don't want to nap? That's fine, go lay on your cot and stay awake, but don't cry about it. They took your toy? That's fine, I'll have them give it back and apologize, but don't cry about it. You don't want to do what we're doing? That's fine, go sit by yourself while we have fun, BUT DON'T CRY ABOUT IT!

Am I too harsh? I guess I see 3 reasons for a kid to cry: you got really hurt (not just someone poked you or whatever), you feel sick (my 3yr old cries when she's sick and doesn't know what's going on), or you're sad about something worth being sad about (someone died, lost a pet, etc).

I just hate when a kid's loud and unnecessary crying disturbs all the other children. Plus it gives me a headache!

[NightOwl]

It rips my heart out to hear my own child crying, but I have no problem letting DCKs CIO. I have noticed something funny over the years regarding drop off/pick up times. When a dck cries at drop off, he's fine before mom gets out of the driveway and is fine all day. Until mom comes back for pick up and he starts crying all over again, like, look at me crying! I've been doing this all day!! And I'm like, no. No you have not.

[Blackcat31]

Not sure why this is so hard for parents to do.

It's hard for parents because:

It rips my heart out to hear my own child crying, but I have no problem letting DCKs CIO.