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How to stop a toddler from whining all the time? He will be 3 and all he does is cry. When we wake up in the morning he cries. When he...?

doesn’t get his way he cries and it can last for a long time. I’ve tried timeout, putting him outside when he cries, but nothing I do works. Any advice on what will stop this?

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  • PR
    Lv 7
    3 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Help him learn to communicate better. Help him with languages skills.

    Stoop down to his level and ask what he needs. LISTEN to him in a very caring manner and really care. Kids can tell when you aren't listening.

    If you're not sure what he is saying, repeat it so you get it: "Are you saying your black truck broke, and you are sad about it?"

    Respond to his needs as is reasonable. If he cannot have what he is asking for, vexplain in a very caring way, why that is, and help him deal with it, even offering consolation, OR. a reasonable alternative.

    "You must be sad your favorite truck is broken. Let's look at it and see if we can fix it."

    Solution: Fix it/consolation if can't be fixed/possibly replace truck since it was his favorite (?).

    If you don't sincerely respond to a child and show you "get it", they will whine until you do. They are pretty good at understanding, if offered true emotion/understanding, and reasonable alternatives.

    But, you're actually putting him outside?!

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    He is probably crying for attention and has learnt that whining and crying is how you get it. When your son whines or crys just ignore it and out him in a safe space where he won't get hurt. When he finishes then go over and comfort him. You also need to focus on spending time with him set aside a little bit if just you and him time every day. It is about feeding the good behaviour and starving the bad

  • 3 years ago

    A belt to the back side. Its the only way he will ever stop. Talking to a child doesn't work. Giving in only teaches them to keep whining and crying. Time outs never work.

    You need to simply take a belt to his backside. Its what Good parents do.

  • edward
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Let him. My parents used to just ket ne cry and complain to let me know i’m not getting my way.

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  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Learn to ignore them when you are sure they are not hurt or sick. And do it now or you'll have a ten year old throwing themselves on the floor screaming. Not a pretty picture, is it?

  • !
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Youve got about 10 years of whining ahead of you, then half a decade of surly teenage silence. Noone said having a kid would be easy

  • 3 years ago

    Soak an orange in vodka and let baby suck on it

  • y
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Toddlers cry and whine becouse either a need is not being met, or they have learned it will get them what they want. Either way it is the parent that is setting themselves up for a pretty crappy future. Punishments do not work in these situation, the root causes much be found, as in hungry, tired, overstimulated, uncomfortable about something, ect.. If it is the learned manipulation that so many tend to jump to first, then that cycle must be broken. Not a pleasant couple of weeks while it is.

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