Mom shares trick to handle kids begging for Christmas toys
“I started dreading taking her into stores,” Watts, 35, told, the mother of three from Panama City, Florida, hasn’t had to haul any crying kids to the car. Watts’ trick is so good that Emmie even made it past the"Frozen 2" display at Target without incident.
“Take a picture. It’s that simple,” Watts wrote in a Facebook post that has gone viral with more than 53,000 shares. “Pause for a second, comment on the thing they’re pointing out, and say, ‘Let’s take a picture with it and send it to Santa so he knows you want it!’”“It’s magical. No tears. No tantrums ,” Watts explained. “Maybe you’ve been doing this for ages, and you selfishly didn’t share this tip with me… or maybe you’re like me and this is about to rock your world. For real, try it friends.
“The beauty of it is, she forgets. But in the moment, she feels seen and validated. I’m not just shutting it down and saying, ‘No,’” Watts told TODAY Parents. “She doesn’t even ask about them afterwards.”“Yes! It totally works and and saves us tons of money,” wrote one person. Added another, “I just started doing this and it works on two levels: It makes my daughter move along a lot faster from the toy section, and when relatives ask what she wants for her birthday or Christmas, I actually have the exact ideas to send to them instead of, ‘ummm I don’t know.’”
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