SHOPPING WITH CHILDREN? HERE'S HOW NOT TO MAKE IT A NIGHTMARE - PARENTHOOD

Take your children to the grocery store: it can be pleasant and fun!

So here are some concrete tips on how to go about shopping with your children.

Establish small rules from home

Since the supermarket could become the children's playground and mothers' nightmare, it is good to understand right away what to expect in order to better manage the situation, both sooner and later. In fact, children often seize this opportunity. to run through the corridors, perform daring scenes to win a pack of chips or a pack of licorice and, even if you are careful to avoid the toy and candy departments, you will find yourself at the cashier with a concentrate of attractive delights that you do not they will leave no escape.

Before even entering the supermarket and watching the show that your children are capable of setting up, try to establish some small rules at home, talking to them in a firm but still maternal tone.
He gives them simple rules to memorize such as don't scream, don't run, don't walk away, and don't ask for extra sweets or toys, promising them a reward as soon as you get home.

Take them shopping when they are rested and full

No doubt carrying your children around when they are hungry or when they are sleepy and tired will make them even more restless and more difficult to tame, so take advantage of the cunning of letting them eat and rest earlier so that any form of irritability devious will be averted.

Get your kids involved in shopping

If you put yourself in their shoes you would understand the reason for all their whims. Kids get bored shopping, and unless they find something to buy like a treat or toy or have fun running around the aisles, they'll inevitably get a tantrum because they really don't want to be there.

So use this awareness in your favor and make shopping a game for them, a fun time.

You can involve them right from home, assigning each one a specific task and letting them choose some products to buy. You can invent a sort of treasure hunt, where your little ones will have to search the departments for the product you need.

Also have them push the cart, at least until it is empty and light, because they will surely find it fun and, at the same time, they will be helping their mom.

When the whim is essential

If you really haven't been able to play in advance and your children have tripped over the whim anyway, armed with patience and calmly take them out of the shopping area and explain to them that you don't have a tantrum. Usually the change of location allows you to get back the control over the situation, re-establishing roles and regaining importance in their eyes, as well as listening.

In addition, if the tantrums reappear inside the supermarket, you can try to distract them with another instant task, always trying to keep yourself calm and serene because your children instinctively perceive your mood changes and any nervousness, irritability or a fit of anger could provoke an even worse capricious reaction in them.

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