PSA: My kid's meltdown at the grocery store yesterday completely flipped when I let him pick the cereal.

I was ready to just leave the cart and go home, but after 10 minutes of him sobbing in aisle 7, I gave up and said he could pick any box, and he immediately stopped crying, picked the weirdest one with the marshmallows, and we actually finished the shopping.

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kaib187d ago

Totally get this. The cereal aisle is basically a parenting negotiation zone. My daughter once had a full floor moment over bananas. Letting her put the "special yellow ones" in the bag changed everything. Sometimes just a tiny bit of choice stops the whole world from ending. It feels like giving in, but it's really just picking a different battle.

spencer_thomas47d ago

Spot on about the choice thing @kaib18, but I'd argue it's not picking a different battle, it's winning the war. You're not giving in on the cereal, you're getting the cart moving and the kid dressed. My son NEEDED the red box crackers, not the blue. Fine. He ate lunch. That's the win. The goal is getting out of the store, not the perfect cereal.