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- From: ellenb@diva.Berkeley.EDU (Ellen Boyle)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: "I love Mommy ONLY" problem w/ 3 yo
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 20:41:48 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- John wrote about his daughter having fits when she didn't
- get to have her Mom do all the main caretaking...
-
- Basically, for some reason, sounds like your daughter is
- preferring her Mom right now. So it totally pisses her off when
- she doesn't get her way. But the reality is that Mom doesn't want
- to or can't do all things for her -- which, by the way, is perfectly
- ligit. But that still leaves your daughter's feelings -- she's
- sooooooo angry, she just wants to - well - scream!
-
- Good job, Dad. Sounds like after you let her express herself,
- she feels better and can get on with things. Someday (hopefully
- soon) she'll be able to master other ways of expressing herself.
- You could even talk to her about it at a non-confrontational time.
- Something like, "I know you are angry when Mom can't help you,
- but it makes me feel ___________ when you have a fit. What other
- ways can you help yourself feel better when your frustrated?"
-
- Also, while she's having the fit you can reassure her that you'll
- wait till she's calmed down so you can do whatever the next thing
- is you were going to do. You can even try a few "Try to calm
- yourself" statements in a non-angry voice, it might help both of you.
-
- --Ellen
-