It is common for young children to carry relatively badly, because they get tired and bored, those seasons in which they have to go to the rhythm that their parents set, or directly, society. In those times when they have little free time, can not run at ease, stimulate, develop their creativity and burn energy, end up by explode in different ways and for different reasons, often without too much relationship with each other: that suddenly everything seems wrong, and that when they said yes yesterday, today they say no.
This is what probably happened a few days ago to princess charlotte, two years old, who had a small tantrum when he was in the company of his mother and father, Cambridge Dukes, and with his brother George, 4 years old.
But beware, this is not the news ... what catches our attention is the complete video in which it is observed how the girl's parents manage the different situations, how they teach their two children to greet each person they cross and, in short, how they even get to the level of the little ones to make them partakers of life in society.
A small tantrum before boarding the helicopter
The video lasts about 6 minutes, and starts with the family, all hand in hand, walking towards a helicopter. Catalina de Cambridge stays a little behind with her daughter Charlotte, and thus takes the opportunity to explain a little what they are going to do. Even without thinking that your dress can touch the ground, He bends down to catch up and talk to him looking at his eyes at the same level.
Then they greet an operator (maybe he is a pilot, I am not learned in these things), and he urges his son to greet too; Then he does the same with the girl, who already shows signs of fatigue.
Apparently, it is a visit in which they show some helicopters, so they go up one site and get off the other (I imagine that, in the schemes of a 2-year-old girl, it makes no sense, and can aggravate the situation). His mother, conscious, he takes her in his arms to continue talking to her at the same level.
They approach a new helicopter, and start over. They show it to her, the girl climbs, gets off, and returns to her mother's arms. They give them what looks like a dossier of sheets (cut-out? To paint?), And when you take it, says (the girl) that she's tired of this story.
As we say, it is just a little tantrum, a "you have tired of going from one place to another", but the incredible thing is that at all times the mother has been there, including her in her activities, and doing her best to explain what happens in each moment, making it feel accompanied.
Perhaps you are many who continue to think that they are not demonstrating anything from the other world. If it is your case, Congratulations: you are clear about what young children need and you understand the reasons why they have tantrums, and how to act.
If instead you do not see it clear, if you would not act like this, just explain what is the difference with the "lifelong" educational trend. Catalina could to have ignored her in his tantrum, as some "experts" suggest, or having done what our parents did to us "when we get home you find out" or "tonight you've run out of dessert." Or even hit a cheek in the ass to let him know that "it's okay to behave that way."
I could have done many things, but decided to be aware that It's not a fun activity for a little girl, but at that time it is time to do this as a family (children also have to discover and understand that you often have to do things that you don't want, like this one), and chose for offering its best version (of Mother).
It is not the first time we talked about them
A year ago, for example, we commented that the Montessori method It was spreading in many places, partly because the Dukes of Cambridge followed this educational style with their first child.
In addition, we tell you what is active listening, which is the way to name what the couple does: crouch whenever you can both to listen and to talk with the child, ask him what he feels, what he has done, why ... and offer our understanding and, if necessary, alternatives, solutions, ideas, etc. Something that is very useful and valid for make the child feel that he is taken into account, and that the one that communicates with the others and the one that comes to find possible solutions to their problems is valued.
