Ginger Hubbard

I give her the opportunity to ask for juice the right way with her self-controlled voice.

And it's the same with older kids.

Whining, my goodness, it seems like whining today has become an absolute epidemic.

in America.

Kids don't just whine when they want something now.

They whine just as a general means of communicating.

And so even like say that you're in the minivan and your child is strapped in the back seat and they're talking to you, not asking for something necessarily, but just talking to you in a whiny voice.

Same sort of thing.

Honey, are you talking with your self-controlled voice?

No, you're not.

God wants you to have self-control even with your voice.

So let's set that timer.

If you don't have a timer, now we have the luxury of using our cell phones.

Set the timer on your cell phone.

Let them watch it count down and then come back and have that conversation.

And I know the first question probably a lot of people that are listening and watching right now would say is, yeah, well, that might work for your kid, but you don't know my kid.

My kid is stubborn.

My kid wouldn't come back and ask for juice the right way.

My kid wouldn't come back and have that conversation from the backseat.

And so, well, natural consequences.