Am I being mean?

summerbrideDC

Ethan is in his room, yelling for me. ?He's not crying, or hurt. ?Just doesn't want to get off his bed and come see me. ?I've told him 100 times that I won't yell across the house to him---if he needs or wants something while I"m in a different room that's far away, he can come see me and talk to me.?

So now I'm ignoring his "MOOOOOOOMs" ?I feel mean ignoring him and by no means do I expect him to be quiet in general, (I was raised to be seen, not heard and I hated it), but I don't want him in the habit of yelling across the house to get my attention. ??

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co18co

Nah.  My mom ALWAYS said "if you have something to say to me, come to the room I am in."  I think that's a good rule of thumb, personally!

DandelionMom

He might be a little young.  I occasionally even have to remind my 5 y/o that she needs to come talk to me instead of yelling for me. 

lizlemon77

I was just getting caught up on my parents mag from December and one of the suggestions in there was to teach your kids that "If I can't see you I can't hear you."  Maybe go into his room, tell him that if he wants to talk to you he needs to come find you and then walk out.  if he has something to say he can follow you back to where you were.