My son has said some real doozies to me in the heat of the moment. A couple of times, I’ve responded by asking him to clarify or revisit what he was saying, but this dad? NAILED IT.
Check it out. Worth the watch through the end.
Would you have caved? Tell us in the comments!
jane says: the rule in our family is: if you ask for something in a store we all go out to the car for time out. it took only a few times before it was no longer tested. the kids can say “I like that a lot” but cannot ask for it. one of my kids (6) asked why another kid was asking for a certain cereal like this: “he won’t be happy if he gets what he wants all the time.” Yes!
JamesG says: No, I wouldn’t have caved, I’m the harda** in our house 🙂 However, I also would not have been that pleasant after being told I wouldn’t be loved anymore ^^
Dude is an amateur. You NEVER let a 3-year old walk down the toy aisle. My kids don’t even know there’s such thing as a store where you can buy toys.
Helene says: I tell my 3 year old “NO” about a dozen times in the store. Every trip to Target is at least a 20 minute play session in the toy aisles, and when it’s time to go, we go (usually without a toy). I think it’s a good lesson for her to hear “NO” and for her to be disappointed. I’m preparing her for life and in life we get told “NO” often. “NEED” seems to be their life story at this age, it’s so cute to see how they process things. But I totally would not have bought the toy for my daughter and I would have made her apologize for saying that she didn’t love me.
Christina says: Lol… She was getting creative there…. “Your like a grandpa.”
My son will tell me occasionally that he doesn’t love me anymore if I tell him no to something in the store. Much like this dad did, I’ll start listing things that I do for him and ask if he likes/loves those things: Bedtime stories, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Trips to the Beach…
After he affirms he loves those things, I point out that he wouldn’t have had any of those things without a mom and dad who love him…
I think this dad did a stellar job pointing out all the things his daughter should be grateful for in the face of something she wants but can’t have. Its the right direction for teaching contentment and thankfulness.
David L says: Sorry, that was a FAIL! He sounds like he’s teaching her, by his own example, to be a whiny, manipulative B***H…spooling off all those things he did for her.
It is obvious that she wants to add to her collection of 15 ponies, and is trying to negotiate
and is using the only thing she knows she has as a negotiating chip, ie, she knows her Daddy loves her and he likes being loved by her. He should be grown up enough to recognize that and not whine about “being hurt”.
And what is WITH lingering in the toy aisle with a 3 year old and videoing the thing? That was ALL about Dad’s needs to make some kind of viral video and selfish to tempt the kid like that
Jessi says: I agree it was foolish to go into that aisle with no intention of buying anything, but when my son says something mean I tell him I’m sad because it’s a message he clearly understands.
Chris says: In our family, my son is allowed to go into the toy department to LOOK at the toys and if there’s something he really wants – we take a picture of it to email to Santa. This way we get to leave the store without buying a crappy toy he doesn’t need, and he gets to think there’s still a chance he might get it. Ten seconds after leaving the store he’s already forgotten about it and no tears were shed. He’s actually commented on the other kids whining and crying about not getting toys. He says they’re being bad and shouldn’t get the toy just because they’re crying. For being seven he seems so smart sometimes lol.
missy says: Chris, we do this too! it doesn’t stop my son from asking, but when I tell him we can’t get it right then, he just says “ok, but take a picture so we can put it on my list”. at this point, I think his list includes just about every toy known to man (or kid)… 🙂
Nanou says: Hi Daddy,
You know what? Your little angel is just like mine, but I am the Mummy so she breaks up with her Dad every single day! Let them be little …
TW Andrews says: Way too much negotiation and explanation.
“I need this!”
“No you don’t. You want this. We don’t get everything we want.”
“But I won’t love you any more.”
“That’s too bad. But it’s time to go.”
Done.
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