The ‘Comfort’ Toy
Every child has that inseperable toy and wherever he goes, along comes the toy. Whenever you try to take the favorite toy from your child, his screams exploded wherever you’ll be. You may try the ‘big ‘child approach. You may even try to take your child to the shops and let him pick another toy, but over the next few days you will realise that he only swapped one ‘comfort’ toy to another. You won’t mind such behave until your child has to start pre-school and the toy has to stay at home. Alternatively you can come up with the ‘Toy Fairy Story’ You can tell your child that the fairy visits every child before he goes to school and replaces the ‘comfort’ toy with a treat. You explain to your child that the fairy will send him a letter before she’s coming so your child can prepare the toy. You can write the letter yourself and sign it the ‘Toy Fairy’. Your child will excitedly let you clean up the toy and leave at the end of the bed. You can replace the toy with his favourite sweets or treat. He will be all exicted that he’s got his favourite treat. It should work perfectly and your child wouldn’t even think about his ‘comfort’ toy again. I highly recommed trying the storytelling tactic – hopefully the magic works for every child. |
