Does your child seem to cry over almost everything? Tears and tantrums are ever-present in your household, and they’re usually caused by stuff like a sandwich that’s cut the wrong way or a missing stuffed animal.

TikToker Gigi (@mom.ma.gi) is an advocate for positive parenting, and she’s demonstrating a gentler approach to how to get your toddler to stop crying over the little things.

In the viral video, which has accumulated nearly four million views, Gigi’s daughter Peace is shown wailing about a pair of binoculars too heavy to carry by herself.

Instead of showing exasperation and telling her child to just shake it off, Gigi physically got down on Peace’s level.

Then, she adopted a mild tone and asked Peace what was wrong while offering up some solutions to the problem.

Gigi suggested that she and Peace could carry the binoculars together. At the end of the clip, Peace had calmed down and walked off, holding the binoculars in both hands with her mother’s assistance.

As much as parents hate to see their kids in distress, it’s impossible to “fix” their child’s feelings. It’s completely normal for young children to cry when they feel sad because they do not yet have the vocabulary to express their feelings through words.

When a child is crying, the first course of action that comes naturally to many parents is to stop the flow of tears.

But rather than concentrate on stopping your child from crying, Gigi recommends focusing your attention on connecting with your kid. Here’s her four-step approach you can use to handle these types of situations:

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• Understand that it might be a little thing to you, but for toddlers, it can be a big deal
• Get down to the child’s level
• Ask them how they feel and offer comfort if needed
• Help them communicate their thoughts and involve them in the problem-solving process

It’s frustrating when your child gets upset over seemingly silly things, and it might make you feel like you’re somehow still not doing enough as a parent.

However, if you change your perspective and remind yourself that your little ones don’t have the same capabilities as adults, you will realize that it’s not the fault of anyone.

And your new perspective will give you the space to express more empathy to your kids.

@mom.ma.gi

As parents, we do so much for our little ones but yet, they get upset or cry for the smallest and silliest things.  For Peace, these little things could be the paper she’s drawing on was folded or I gave her the blue color bib but she wanted the green one, or just like in this video, the binoculars are too heavy. ? From an adult perspective, it can make you feel underappreciated and frustrated.  One key observation that has helped me is that our little ones aren’t adults, these little things to us might be really important to them so their reactions can be explained.  Having this perspective allows me to channel my energy toward empathy.  To handle these situations, here’s a 4 step approach that I’d like to share ?Understand it might be a “little thing” for you, but for them, it can be a big deal ?Get down to the child level (or as low as you can) ?Ask them how they feel and hug them if needed ?Help them communicate their thoughts and involve them in the problem-solving process I hope this little perspective will lead to less frustration for some of the amazing parents out there and allow all of us to express empathy toward our little ones in these situations.  ???Please comment below with your thoughts, any discussion is always welcome. ?Follow for more positive discipline + gentle parenting tips. . . #montessori #montessoritoddler #montessorikids #affirmationoftheday #mindflparenting #parentingquotes #parentingtip #parenting101 #parentingskills #parentinggoals #respectfulparenting #childdevelopment #motherhoodquotes #lifewithlittles #asianmama #positiveparenting #positiveparentingsolutions #motherhoodunited #gentleparenting #consciousparenting #parentsupport #childhoodunplugged #teachermom #homeeducator #parenteducator #asianpareting #asiaparent

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