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Is it OK to tell a child to stop crying?
Crying is ok. It’s a very healthy and necessary way for children to express their feelings, and we don’t need to make them stop. By telling them to ‘stop crying’ we send the message that their feelings are not important, not valid, silly, and annoying.
What do you do if your parents make you cry?
Tips
- Don’t be too proud to fold or give in to what your parents want.
- Focus on forgiveness.
- If you do not speak at all while they are yelling at you, it will resolve things much quicker.
- Try to keep things in perspective.
- Consider talking to a counselor if your parents yell at you often.
Should you tell your child to stop crying when they cry?
Convenience sometimes comes at a price. Telling your child to stop crying— even getting angry at her —may do the trick. Told often enough (or even threatened enough), she’ll likely dwindle her tears to a few hiccups and sniffles. But she has missed out on several opportunities, including learning to manage her feelings.
What does “stop crying or I will give you something to cry about?
There is more to the communication “stop crying or I will give you something to cry about.” That statement means that the speaker, the adult looming over me, told me that I had “nothing” to cry about.
Should I let my girlfriend cry when she has feelings?
I’d love to have you around when you’re happy, but not when you have unpleasant feelings. Allowing her to cry gives her the safe space she needs to sort through her feelings. Telling her to stop limits what she thinks she can express. Besides, crying is necessary—it’s cathartic. We all cry and feel better than had we bottled our emotions.
What should I Never Say to my child when they’re sad?
Never punish, threaten, shame, blame, or judge a child for their feelings! No but’s. When you’re empathising with your child’s feelings, refrain from following it up with a ‘but’. E.g. “You’re sad because you really wanted another piece of cake, but you can’t have one”. ‘But’ kind of invalidates everything that comes before it.