Mardy kid, what can she do?

Question

my mate wants to know what she can do about her 5 year old,

he is mardy to the extreme, e.g if another child just brushes past him he screams like hes being murdered! how can she get him out of it?

Answer 1

Thats a tough one isn't it. If this helps in my experience I have tried not to make a fuss of my daughter every time she falls etc. I tried to teach her not to be sooky so to speak ( of course I mean only if she really wasn't hurt!!). She is three now and has been pretty good so far but as any child she milks it for all its worth when she can.

I would take the child to a doctor and see if there is something the doctor can suggest. He might just be a sooky kid that will grow out of it or it could be something else? Good luck to your friend

Answer 2

Give me a child to the age of 7 and I will show you the man!So she has 2 years left-he has been spoiled beyond belief-now there's a problem-he must be ignored-then ignored-then ignored-he will get fed up with it in the end-but just remember-this isn't his fault!

Answer 3

Oh my god I cannot stand that.  She babied him didn't she?  Honestly she is just gonna have to be firm with him and treat it like anything else he isn't supposed to do.  Have him stand in the corner or go in time out.  That is just rediculous behaviour and is highly annoying.

Answer 4

Try ignoring it!  There's nothing that kids want more than your attention so if you stop giving it to them they'll most likely get bored of playing up!

Answer 5

put him in his room and close the door, keep doing it over and over and over, eventually he will give up, if he sees that he is winning he will carry on

Answer 6

I expect she over fussed him whenever he fell in the past...she needs to totally ignore him when he does that screaming thing...as long as he is not really hurt of course..but if it is just a mardy fit and she sees he is ok...she should look the other way and not respond at all..not even to tell him to stop. He likes the attention and at 5 ANY attention is good....they dont care if you are telling them off they just like having the attention.

Answer 7

That's boys for you seems they do anything for a mothers attention lol.

My eldest son was like that my youngest totally different I just learned to ignore the mard behaviour and praise him when he was acting more mature.

He soon learnt to change think it just a phase .