This morning the boy was throwing a little fit over this and that and I offered to read him a book to try calming him down.
"NO! I don't want to read a book! I. Want. To. Watch. A. SHOW!"
I ignored his request to watch a show and picked up a book. He continued to protest and was further enraged when I had the gall to actually open the book.
I said it was fine if he didn't want to read it, but I was going to read it to myself. I started reading it very quietly and he stopped crying almost immediately...if he was crying, he realized, he couldn't hear me. After the book was over he came by me and started paging through it himself for awhile.
He's been in a great mood ever since and this is one trick I will be trying again. Just thought I'd pass it along :)
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