What do you do when your 6 year antiquated finds his christmas presents?

he was told not to snoop, but when the sitter be here last hours of darkness, he got wacky at her and his sister and hid surrounded by Mommy's closet. While he was surrounded by there he snooped contained by the bags he have been told not to look at. Right in a minute he's crying his eyes out in his room. We're thinking almost telling him that we're taking them adjectives back, but impart them to him on christmas day anyway. Anybody own any other ideas that are will not forever scar him, but still get him understand what he did be wrong?


Answers:    Children are curious. Can you imagine man six years old, human being in the closet, and NOT looking at the packages? 6 year olds don't own that much impulse control.

I don't see any motivation for punishment. When he opens the gifts on Christmas morning, and in attendance are no surprises... and he has see everything already... that will be punishment enough. Hopefully, he will afterwards realize that what he did, in the call a halt, really only hurt himself.

Afterwards, possibly have a conversation near him that the reason Mommy and Daddy coat the presents is so that he will get to experience the fun and excitement of anyone surprised--and that by opening the presents precipitate, not only be his Christmas morning less exciting, but it took bit of the fun away from Mommy and Daddy too, because they want hiim to be excited and have fun pipe presents Christmas morning.
this is how ur convo should go...

Mom: Sweetie, Mommy told u not to look.

Kid - ----

communicate him it was wrong and he would enjoy to behave to get them .
I have to laugh...I used to explore for Christmas presents when I was a kid too. It sounds resembling, if he's crying in his room, he know what he did was wrong already and is opinion pretty bad. I muse you should do nothing. It isn't *that* big of a concordat - he basically ruined his own surprise and presently must live with the consequences of have no surprise on Christmas. Nothing more, nothing smaller number. I wouldn't make it a bigger promise than it has to be and noticeably wouldn't tell him a fib. I'm willing to bet he won't do it again, but conceivably next year consider better hidey-spots :-) Good luck!

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