When should children learn disappointment?

Question

When should children learn the concept of disappointment? That things won't always go their way and there's nothing they can do about it.

Answer 1

Children should experience disappointment at an early age; My personal opinion is that as soon as a child is old enough to show desire for wanting, reason being is because if a child isn't taught this at an age where you can still control these feelings, the child will think he/she can always get whatever it is he/she wants! It's completely normal to feel disappointed and my personal opinion again, I think this is what's happened to our young generation today, they can't stand to face disappointments in life! Leading them into future problems!

Answer 2

You have to let them learn small disappointments from birth. For example, you don't run into the room every time they cry. Sometimes you have to let them cry themselves to sleep. You can't give them everything they want. They must learn that actions have consequences as soon as you know that they are old enough to understand the word, "No!"

If not, you'll be raising a spoiled brat who everyone will hate.

I work with too many of these people whose parents never made them earn anything, and never denied them any request. They don't understand that the real world doesn't work that way, and they get some very hard lessons.

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Answer 3

Never! But unfortunately they will learn it and all too well too soon. Trust me, as a mother of two I can tell you that they learn many negative lessons in life far younger than they should have too. If your talking about simple things like not throwing tantrums in a store over a toy, then yes they should learn that early. But if you mean big disappointments like not enough attention from a parent or broken promises, then the later the better. They need their innocence protected as long as possible.

Answer 4

I don't think this is a "learned" emotion. The world is full of disappointments. It's how you teach your children to handle disappointments that matter. Working through life's challenges and trials are what build character. Isn't that what life's all about?

Answer 5

Immediately. As soon as they understand the concept. They know it at 2. They'll throw a temper tantrum (not for very long in my house you ccan bet on that) when they don't get what they want.
Tough sh*t. life is full of dissapointments. the quicker they get used to it the better off they'll be. Life never goes the way we want it...does it?

Answer 6

as soon as they understand . there are different ages and different ways to explain.