What is a person thinking when 1 their child starts crying,and 2 they say"stop that snivelling or I'll give

I think the person who says that has no self control... and is very selfish and abusive towards the child.. you don't need to threaten a child to have control of the child. My daughter cries for attention she knows that when its an attention cry she will go to time out because she needs to use her words... if a child is crying it means something is wrong and or they want something. Not for mum or dad to threaten them with physical abuse.

We had a similar concern with our daughter at the same time as she grow to be about 2. we'd want to search for suggestion from which includes her about biting being incorrect and that biting hurts. each and anytime she might want to chew, we'd want to positioned her immediately in day out. also, we used a e book which includes her said as "tooth are literally not for biting" via Elizabeth Verdick and that quite helped because she loved studying the tale. cling in there. This too shall pass!

my mum used to always say that to us....

it would depend on why the child was crying to start with..

if the child was hurt or had just been smacked (not that i agree with that but it does happen) then its stupid to say it as the child does have something to cry about.

if the child was just whinging for no reason then i understand why someone would say it (ive said it many times to my girls) as by that point they are whineing over nothing serious, their not hurt they are just making noise for attention and after hearing it all day it gets annoying and ive found with my 2 if you drop everything to go running when they moan nothing gets else done, and they get used to you dropping everything to go running.

i dont mind giving them attention but they have to learn they cant have everything they want and my attention 24/7 because they moan!

someone has to clean house, shop, cook etc.....

and if i go to them because they crying for nothing no other jobs are going to get completed.

im there to listen to them if they have a problem and im around if they need me but dont come crying for no reason otherwise when something is wrong how am i to know its serious? i expain to them they story....

'the boy who cried wolf'

I've heard some awful things.

Around ten years ago, I saw a 'lady' get out of a taxi, laden with shopping bags. She was followed by a rather depressed looking toddler. She turned to him and screamed, 'Hoi! C*nt! Move!'

I have no idea, its like saying to your child - If you fall and break your legs, then dont come running to me!!!

That was usually a favourite with my mam.

Parenting courses would not come amiss.

Their own childhood, perhaps?