My daughter keeps pulling down her curtains-4 year old?

Question

Its not an accident she admits to doing it on purpose...she has broke three curtain rods....what is her problem? Now she has no curtain and no shade...how can i get the point across to her to stop doing this?

thank you for your advice i am really frustrated with her

the only reason for the curtains...is to keep the bright sun out and when its hot to cool it down..its was really special her grandma sewed those for her....i asked her why and she just said she was sorry...lately she does anything to make me annoyed

Answer 1

I dont agree with the people that are saying "don't keep putting them back up".... what is this going to accomplish? That is just like "baby proofing" your home. You keep things out that accent your home and you teach your child not to touch them. They have to be taught not to mess with things. Not taught if they mess with them, then they are going to be put up..... till when? My daughter does the same things with the blinds. She will be 4 in October. She keeps getting consequences and will until she figures out that Im not playing around. I say keep being consistent. One day it will pay off. Good luck.

Answer 2

Pull Down Curtains

Answer 3

I agree with those who have posted before me. Just do not put them back up. You can look at it as a punishment (she should know better than to pull them down), a natural consequence (the curtains are pulled off so now she has no shade), or your can even just think of it as letting her have her room the way she wants it. Does it really matter if she doesn't have curtains at 4 years old? Have you asked her why she's pulling them down?

Answer 4

Take them away for a while......does she not like the curtains? My 3 year old niece got new curtains when he brother did and she got mad because he got red ones and she got green....she kept pulling them down and telling us how they broke so she needed new red ones......we took the curtains down and put up shades...

I think had her mother asked her to help pick them out she never would have pulled them down...perhaps your child really does not like them.

Answer 5

Well first of all get SHORTER curtains. Get curtains that she cant reach. Punish her everytime she pulls them down. Like a time out, she cant play with a favorite toy or she cant have a favorite stuffed animal, etc. Also make her say she is sorry to you. Explain to her why she shouldnt pull the curtains down.

Answer 6

at 4 she is lod enough to know better. Everytime she does this take away a favourite toy. And then when her curtains have stayed up for a week give it back. Give her consequences for her actions and follow through. If you are not against smaking one smack on the bum would not hurt to try

Answer 7

don't put them up. She is old enough to know better, if the sun wakes her up tell her to stay in her room and play until you are ready for her to be awake. She will get tired of playing alone soon and leave the curtains be.

Answer 8

sounds more like she wants attention from you....negative attention is better than no attention...she gets your attention if she pulls it down...so when you put her to bed read till she falls asleep...also if its during the day perhaps she just likes looking out the window...she has no reality of what a curtain is for...so instead of playing her game her way...pull it down mommy comes...leave it off....game over....
she should not be so close to the window anyway....could she fall out? also leave the curtain off for awhile...who cares whether its there or not...when my son turned 18 mos everyday, three times a day, he pulled all his clothes out of the drawers and had them all over the room...i tried talking, standing him in the corner, slapping his hand, finally a spanking...and still he did it. He was my first, and the first grandchild so there were millions of clothes. Then one day a friend came and said "oh hes trying to dress himself". so I spent about an hour teaching him to put his clothes on...that was all it was...so perhaps you can show your child how to look out the window without pulling the window apart...your upset/anger is in the way...so you cant see her communication. put a scrunchy from your hair on one and see if it works...then leave another for her to do...that may be all it is...

Answer 9

I am more worried about her strangeling her self with them I would not put them back up again....although they are special im sure grandma would much rather see her granddaughter again rather than those curtins hanging the next time she visits. try mini blinds (be sure to cutt the cords on these as well) i know these things seem like the would never happen to you but do you really want to find out for sure? I know I sure didnt.....take those suckers off right away if you ask me

Answer 10

particularly plenty each toddler does something like that for the period of their youthful days. tell her that her underpants are great secret or something like that, bribe her in case you could. yet HITTING your toddler is thoroughly the incorrect thank you to flow approximately it, and additionally you're fortunate she does not flow to the preschool that I artwork at, considering which you would be answering to a pair thrilling government. Beating your toddler as punishment (or game, I promise) grow to be outlawed it sluggish in the past. what's incorrect with only telling the toddler she will't have dessert if she does that, or that she'll flow to mattress early? and characteristic you stopped to evaluate it would no longer be your daughter in any respect, however the little boy? for god's sake, check together with his dad and mom!