When grocery shopping with his mother, 4-year-old Hakim sometimes throws temper tantrums if his mother refuses his requests for a particular snack food. Parent-training experts would suggest that his mother should
A) threaten to punish Hakim if he continues his tantrums.
B) offer to buy the snack food Hakim wants only if he quiets down and behaves himself.
C) continue shopping while ignoring Hakim's tantrums.
D) return any snack foods that are already in her cart to the store shelves.
Answer:
C. continue shopping while ignoring Hakim's tantrums
Explanation:
Parents-training experts has suggested that children, mostly between age 1-4, usually communicate through temper tantrums, such that, they seek to get the attention of their parents or caregiver through tantrums.
Hence, it is suggested that, ignoring is usually most effective for behaviors like whining, crying when nothing is physically wrong or hurting.
Therefore, if parents or caregivers consistently ignore these behaviors, they will eventually stop.
