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‘Play the Boob’ to Build Your Child’s Confidence
It makes them laugh, feel clever and strong, and makes them want to be more cooperative.
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We all pretend to be klutzes sometimes when we are playing with our kids. It makes them laugh, feel clever and strong (by comparison to their inept parent) and makes them want to be more cooperative. Sound odd? Embarrassing? Unnatural? Well, actually it’s a silly idea that’s super smart and I bet you’re doing it already! Do you ever:
If you answered yes to any of those, then you’re already playing the boob (and, you know how much your child loves it)! Playing the boob makes kids feel like winners—and that helps them give in faster on issues that we care about!
Twenty-two-month-old Alice loves to “blow her dad over”: She puffs really hard on his chest…and he teeters…then falls onto the couch while she howls with laughter.
I play the boob again and again when I do a toddler checkup. It usually wins a child’s cooperation in minutes, or less.
I beg you to spend time learning this one. This goofy-sounding idea is one of the most effective tools I know for increasing toddler cooperation and diminishing tantrums.
The basic idea is to make your child feel smart/strong/fast/etc. by making yourself seem, well, like a bit of a “boob.”
It’s best used for all toddlers, dozens of times a day. Once you get the knack, playing the boob will become your toddler’s all-time favourite game. (Yours, too!)
Here are just a few of the wacky ways to play the boob:
I once made a house call to see a baby. There, I met her big sister, 2-year-old Noa. Noa was drinking juice and I playfully put out my hand and asked, “May I have your sippy cup? Pleeease?” She scowled and said, “No!” Then she turned away from me and wedged herself between her dad’s legs for protection. I begged like a baby, “Please? Pleeeeeeease? Pretty please with sugar on top?” She protested, “No! My cup!” I saw she was looking worried, so I backed away, smiled and chirped, “You say, ‘No! Go away, Man.’ Okay, Noa…you win, you win! That’s your sippy cup! You keep it! You keep it!” Noa beamed and puffed out her chest. She felt like a winner! And she felt that I had treated her with fairness and respect. I know that because a minute later she took my hand and introduced me to all her dollies!
Not at all. Your child knows you’re not really weak or a baby. You’re his ultimate hero. You’ll never lose his respect just because you goof with him a little bit. In fact, he’ll love you even more for it.
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