I started using this technique earlier this month. It’s very good. The video demonstrates it well. I also think the bigger point is you are teaching the kid coping techniques, so you want to teach them about expressing their feelings, then coping and moving on - rather than frantically looking for some trick to make them stop annoying you. Prior to this I was using the traditional method of shouting, “Oh, for god’s sake - what are you crying about can’t I have a minutes peace!” but that usually just makes the child cry louder. Actually, the most common alternative to distraction is ignoring and dismissing the child’s emotional expression and refusing to grant them a space to cry. This is part of the discipline and punish school of parenting - as opposed to the coping and cooperating school.
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