In every household in every country (even in other languages) every child as some stage, whether we like it or not, will be WHINEY.I don't know about you, but it's one of my top five parent hates.
O.K. we can all whine, but when it becomes a behaviour with a child, such as whining in response to your (almost) every suggestion or request - here's a few ideas to help them stop:
- Ignoring the whine. Remind your child they are whining, and you will relpy to a normal voice.
- Use a sign. Have a 'No Whining' sign to hand in the kitchen can be more useful than you think!
- Write a Social Story. Write a short story with a whiney character. When a child hears you reading the whiney lines (exaggerate these), they will find it fun. Talk to them afterwards about the character, and what it was like to listen to. Talk about how the character can use their normal voice to say how they feel.
- Make a whine-o-meter. Seriously! Put the following numbers 1-5 on a chart,
5. Loud and way too Whiney
Using pictures to illustrate each one is good. Let your child know what number they are on the chart, and see which voice they can use to get down to number 1.
I am writing a few social stories about whining at the moment, I'll add them to the site under the social skills section soon! If you have any thoughts, or tried and tested methods of 'Whine Reduction', please add them here.
Good luck!
Claire.
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