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Originally posted by Pink_Bug
...but that turns into her beating on her door and walls and then opening her door and throwing her toys down the hallway. It gets really bad.
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Our daughter did this, actually, so did one of our sons. We simply picked up the toys, put them on top of the refrigerator or mantle...somewhere they can see them, but can't get to them.
We tell them once they calm down and start acting nice, they can have the toy back. Sometimes the toy will stay there a little longer if their attitude is especially bad.
It works. They see it, and can't play with it, and you remind them why - they start (slowly) to modify their behavior.
Like the Santa call...sometimes it also helps (if the child is emotionally close to them) to threaten to call the grandparents (or uncle/cousin)...etc....that also brings good results. It becomes a team effort.
We have three kids, so we no longer get to do "man-to-man" parenting...it's "zone defense." Once you find something that works, you stick with it.