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Originally posted by amandadyer
I don't have children yet, but speaking as a former kid  threats that Santa wouldn't come to our house if we were bad always worked on my brother and I around this time of year! Good luck...
Amanda Dyer
Delta Gamma
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COSIGN. Big time.
Our 3 1/2 year old daughter has been acting up a lot recently as well. So, we called Santa (Grandma), and talked out loud in front of her...that she wasn't behaving, etc.....it worked. "Santa said you better start behaving like a nice young lady or he might not bring any presents this year" - the look on her face and the reaction was priceless.
However, this is only a short-term solution (you gotta love the holidays for providing this outlet!), but, we have also found that if you completely IGNORE the bad behavior - no response at all, other than "if you'll speak nicely, I'll listen to you"...also works, but takes time, and patience to be effective.
We've noticed when she really goes off the bratty deep-end is when she is very tired. So we do the ignore treatment until she is somewhat respectful, or we load her into the van to drive to the "store"...in reality we're just burning miles until she conks out...then right back home.