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- From: rmorey@utrc.utc.com (Randall Morey)
- Subject: Re: That high-pitched killer shrill
- Message-ID: <19JAN199312430409@utrc.utc.com>
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- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 17:43:00 GMT
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- In article <2935882800.1.wk00191@worldlink.com>, "Edward Kovelan" <wk00191@worldlink.com> writes...
- >I have a 20-month-old daughter who insists on vocalizing her anger with
- >a sharp, eardrum piercing shrill. Usually such an outburst is brought
- >on by her 4-year-old brother doing something she doesn't like (which can
- >be something like him snatching a toy that belongs to him away from her
- >or when he takes something of her away or other sibling torments) and
- >sometimes is brought on when I or her daddy tell her no. I realize she
- >is approaching her "terrible twos" and maybe starting them early, but
- >how do I get her out of that ear-shattering habit. Is it something I
- >should discipline her about (I do not believe in using physical
- >punishment) or is it just a phase which I and everyone else has to grin
- >and bear???
- >
- [text deleted]
- >
- >However, I do not like listening to that shrill every time my daughter
- >gets angry...but since I've never encountered this type of outburst, I
- >don't know if it can be stopped by her parents or if it's something she
- >just has to grow out of eventually when she can better verbalize herself.
- >
- >Thank you for any help or advice you can offer.
-
- I thought our windows would break!
-
- The advice we got, and followed, was to put the child in the playpen in another
- room (alone) until he/she stopped screaming. Once the screaming stops,
- immediately go pick up the child and praise him/her. I guess the child
- associates the reward (getting picked up) with no screaming. Anyway, it seemed
- to work well for us. Good luck.
-
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