Tips For Keeping Your Kids Calm In A Thunderstorm

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Now that thunderstorm season has arrived, it will not be unlikely for you to find that your young children become overly dramatic when one of these thunderstorms hit – using the maximum potential of their screams, and even hiding and crying because of the peals of thunder – and while you can tolerate this for a while (while it might even be cute for about a minute!), you will eventually want to make sure you know how to keep your children calm in a thunderstorm. After all, kids who are crying, hiding, and screaming are only cute for a limited amount of time – and in the long run, you will come to dread thunderstorms a whole lot less if your children learn how to act perfectly normal during them!

Assure your children: You will only further encourage them to act out when a thunderstorm hits if you react to their excitement and "fright" by getting upset; instead of doing this, you should aim to assure your children that everything is fine, explaining to them that there is nothing the thunderstorm can do to hurt them.

Model the right behavior: This will be a big part of getting your children to act calmly during a thunderstorm, as children have a tendency to model the behavior they see from their parents; make sure you are calm when a storm is hitting, and it will not be long before you come to realize that your children are acting the exact same way themselves.

Have fun: While some parents tend to model negative behavior for their children during storms – exaggerating the danger of they are in, and causing their children to act the same way – other parents treat storms as something that is full of fun and adventure, coming up with games and other memorable events that turn storms into something exciting (something their kids remember having fun with!) instead of something frightening.

It is very easy to raise your children so that they enjoy thunderstorms – instead of so that they are frightened (and quickly annoying!) during thunderstorms – and all it will take for your children to be this way as well is for you to follow these easy tips!