Patience with kids.

I don't like kids, I never have and I have very little patience with them. But they are just like cats and love me. I treat them like adults if they misbehave I ignore them and if they get worse I just explain that people who misbehave are not acceptable. Of course as a Mom it drove me crazy because it was my kids that were misbehaving.

well, some people are not really fond of little children. but wait till you become a mother. you will never know how much patience you have. :-)

Hi, When handling with kids, alot of patience is needed, or else,you might not be able to stay with them together. Kids can be very demanding at one time,they can get cranky and can be super active, therefore in order to handle them well, you must have the LIKE feeling towards the kids. If you can't control your emotion,then you won't be able to interact well with kids. I myself is a full time housewife and I have one little boy,3.5 years old now. Sometimes my son can be demanding,want this and that while I am busy. SO what I will do is to tell him nicely that I will entertain him after I finish my works.Of course,he won't accept my explanation sometimes,and force me to fulfill his demands, I will see the situation in order to handle his request,if I need more time to finish up my works,then I better entertain him first,at least he will feel happy and not getting cranky. Sometimes, we just need to monitor the situation and adjust ourself to suit the situation.Kids emotion can change from time to time,of course, there is a time where I will get mad and will scold my son too,but that is part of way to educate him to be a better person in future. The most important in handling kid is to stay firm and must use a good words when talking to kids.

I'm still 16 but and I have no patience for active kids. I have a nephew who irritates me, every time I see him. I also have another nephew who is quite sweet and just wants to follow me. It depends which kids I go with. Sometimes I like them, sometimes they just mess up a lot. I too have no intentions to work with kids in my future.

I don't know why but everytime i go visit someone that has little kids they get all around me and want me to play with them, they just love me, lol. They use to be well manered with me, but with ill manered kids, if i'm taking care of them i try to keep them busy, drawing with them, playing, watching cartoons (not for hyperactive kids)...if all of that doesn't work i tell them to be good or i'll leave, that method always worked perfectly for me ,lol

I have to believe that my patience level increased after having my own children. It doesn't mean it get easier as it does not. We are humans and well sometimes we have a tendency to be more patient with jobs than we do with our very own children. Most times children get very irritating when they do not plenty to do. It is a natural instinct and they have no idea how frustrating their whining becomes. What worked for me from time to time was that when I could not take it any more each one was summoned to their rooms as mommy need a few minutes to be alone. Hope this helps and try to build some patience as it doesn't get easier as the children grow older.

I usually am patient with kids. However, I sometimes come across kids that are loud and those who do not listen even to grown ups and I really get irritated with them. I do not hurt them or anything. I just ignore them. I guess I just like well-mannered kids, I have met a lot Have an nice day!

Hello Maezee. I sometimes look after my nephews at weekends and fortunately they're well behaved. I don't have much patience when kids are badly behaved in public, especially on transport and even more so when they're old enough to know better. I don't think there's an age when people become tolerant, I think if people are around kids a lot during their younger years they'll grow tolerant of kids at an earlier age. The thing that seems to be missing these days is discipline, too many parents are too soft, they give in too easily and let their kids boss them. There's nothing more rewarding than seeing a smile on a kid's face and I believe if they're brought up well they will be happy and well behaved most of the time.

There are some days with my son like yesterday that he was so bad. He has ADHD and they have not yet got his medicines under control. He was into everything yesterday but all my anger at him melted away last night when I put him in bed. I opened up the times reporter, the local newspaper and saw where there was a bad wreck with two buses, a semi and a pickup truck. The pickup truck was crushed by one of the buses and the second bus that hit the first bus killed one of the students. The pickup driver was killed and he was just a freshman in college. It just got me to thinking that I thank God I still have my son. You see, he has epilepsy and we almost lost him when he was a baby. My little guy really has been through a lot. He is eight years old but has been in and out of hospitals and doctors offices since he was born. I have learned patience with him over time because he is developmentally delayed and only acts like a 5 year old would.

hey, i do have same problem with me. All the time i shout on them tell them to be silent and don't do any thing which makes me angry i also need answer what should i do. actually they are my brother's kids may be thats why but i love them a lot some time i play with them even dance. but some time i don't like it my be because i'm moody person. same problem with my sister but when she had her own child now she is doing well she live very peacefully with them. may be it will change with the time. i hope so in my case and wish you luck for yours..:D

I do understand what you are feeling and first I would like to say..do not feel bad or guilty; this is very normal to feel this way. I am a 28 yr old stay at home mom and lately i have been losing my patients too! I think it is normal for everyone to feel this way sometimes. I use to get very frustrated and irritated with children until I had my own, suddenly things changed and I had a different feeling about things, changing diapers and listening to a crying baby is not half as bad when it is your own child. So after I had my first son I took ECE and was doing some work in daycare settings and I hated it!! The kids were driving me crazy and I was losing my patients, I just wanted to get back home to my own boys. Anyway what I am trying to say is I don't know why you find it hard to have patients with children but maybe it will be different for you too when you have your own, or maybe it just depends on how patient of a person you are. Don't worry too much about it; I'm sure it will come to you when you are a little older, also I would like to add that maybe it would be a good idea if you started babysitting or working with kids just to try it out, maybe you will understand children better or to become more patient with them. Well hope this was somewhat helpful lol.