Eugene is a good natured happy boy but lately he has been becoming very whiny and should I say, throwing tantrums (is it the terrible twos?). Of course all kids have their naughty moments but somehow, the attitude and manners are more fierce and aggressive.
He does not have those tantrum where the child screams and roll on the floor kind of tantrum. He will usually shout and stomp his feet. But coming from him, it is not so normal as all along he is not like this.
Usually it happens when he is denied viewing the Youtube and TV.
Hmm......
Hubby and I have read about the detrimental effects of tv watching for young kids. Can this be the reason?
Eugene gets to watch 1/2 hour in the morning (TV cartoons) when I need to do my morning business.
About 1 to 1 1/2 hours at about 5pm (Dvds Bob the Builder, Elmo's World, Baby Can Read, others)
About 1 hour in the evening after dinner (Youtube - of real excavators, cranes, bulldozers etc)
Could this be too much viewing? I've just read that it should not be more than 2 hours a day.
We decided to wean him off.
He's only allowed to watch at 5pm for about 1 - 1 1/2 hours only. That's it.
The 1st day, he was very upset and whiny and getting angry. But by the next day, he wasn't calling out to see 'Bob, Bob'(Bob the Builder).
It has been slightly more than 1 week since, and what a change! He's getting back to his good-natured ways and best of all, he's back to looking at his books which he had abandoned during his tv days.
So if you find your child getting whiny, angry, throwing tantrums - could it be that he/she is watching too much?
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