And the whole point is that this very two-year-old member of the family, getting into the supermarket, grabs everything from the shelves that has bright and beautiful packaging, stuffs pockets with sweets and chocolates, and throws the products off the shelves to the floor. Near the cash register the baby arranges a real hysterics, having learned that he has not planned to buy what he has chosen, his mother and father. These situations are familiar to all parents, but only a few know that they can be prevented, and even minimized.
In order for your family to go shopping quietly, so that children behave well in the store and do not cause problems, remember some useful tips.
Of course, the main thing that you need to start to teach your child from the very early age is observing the rules of social behavior. The kid should clearly separate the house and public places and not do in public places what he can afford at home: loudly screaming, crying, scattering things, attracting unnecessary attention. The child should know the word "impossible" and obey the parents when they use this kind of prohibition. With regard to directly visiting the store, the kid should know that if he and his mother are standing in line at the cash desk, we must wait until all those who stand in front of them pay for the purchase, you can not take anything from the shelves, except what is written in my mother's shopping list . By the way, children are very fond of remembering the shopping list, and in the store to remind parents what to buy. You can make this a kind of tradition at every trip to the store.
Before you take the kid to a real store, you can practice at home - play in the store, let the kid see in the game how to conduct and what to do in the store.
Of course, when you shop, the child looks at your actions, and then takes an example from you. Therefore, you need to approach the hike in the store with the mind. After all, if you put everything in the basket, or first of all go to the department of sweets and type a bunch of different sweets, thereby you set a bad example for the child. You always need to know why you are going to the store, do not take too much, because the baby will sooner or later copy your actions. Therefore, in this situation it is also important to make a list of necessary purchases for yourself.
The child can be capricious in the store and hurry his parents also in those cases if he is tired of long purchases or if you tore him from interesting activities. The kid is still too young to hide his discontent and bad mood. Do not shout at the child, you only aggravate the situation. Better try to cheer up the mood, distract his attention: tell me what you are going to buy, give him the task to remember a few products or find a familiar product. Many children like to ride in large food carts, and some kids like to go shopping with their "wallet." Give the crumb the opportunity to pay at the cash desk for the candy yourself. You can raise the mood of the child by giving you what he likes: a box of juice, a biscuit. If the child does not settle for your persuasion, then tell him strictly that if he continues to interfere with you, then you will have to leave the store without purchases and without his favorite sweets. Please note that this threat should be followed at least once in a similar situation, so that the kid realized that they are not joking with him. Then the next time he does not take long to check your patience.
Do not take the kid with you, if you are planning a long shopping, for example, if you go for clothes that require long fittings.
With an older child, you can agree as follows: before going to the store, if you intend to buy him a toy, allocate him a certain amount, which he can count on. So you will gradually train him in planning the budget, which is very useful for him in his adult life. If a child can choose for himself what to buy for the allocated money, he can also learn how to save and save money to buy a more expensive toy afterwards.
A child who regularly arranges ugly scenes in a store is probably not properly educated. If at home everything is allowed to the kid, it is unlikely that he will become embarrassed in a public place. Think about the system of education of your child, because in the older age, such a child can give you a lot of problems.
Thus, when the family goes shopping, the child will behave in the store well, if the parents themselves behave correctly in relation to him.