Constant complaining may occur for attention or even for emotional regulation due to age
It’s difficult to put them to bed, they don’t like food, they refuse to go to their grandparents, they insist on continuing to watch television, they resist wearing those clothes or even putting on sneakers. No matter what you say as a parent, your child always responds with a complaint and everything turns into a constant battle.
It turns out it’s not your fault, much less your child’s. This is because starting from the age of 2 and a half, children begin to complain more as a habitual strategy of emotional regulation. Katia Aranzabal Barrutia is a child and adolescent psychologist and explains that, as parents, “we must teach them that they can have our attention and without the need to constantly complain”.
Why do children constantly complain?
A research has proven that baby crying is one of the most distracting sounds on the planet. But it’s a sign that something is wrong. Psychologist Jessica Michaelson explains that adults have more sophisticated language and can express their needs for help without complaining, but a child cannot.
But there is another reason, in addition to a form of emotional regulation, that pushes children to complain more: it could be a learned behavior, created to induce adults to give them what they want, as expert Jessica explains Michaelson.
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