CBS Evening News - 2004-06-08 - 2 of 2 (partial)

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[0:00] ers always wanted to do and see what

[0:01] happens when they do it on the Early

[0:03] Show.

[0:05] >> Finally tonight, every parent knows how

[0:08] frustrating it can be to try to stop a

[0:10] toddler throwing a tantrum. Hang on.

[0:12] CBS's Richard Slesinger reports there is

[0:15] an interesting new approach. It's all

[0:17] the rage in tonight's Eye on Own

[0:19] America.

[0:23] Kira Martin may be evolving into a fully

[0:26] developed HUMAN BEING,

[0:29] >> but there are days when she and her

[0:31] brother Johnny don't act like it. For

[0:35] generations, doctors from Spock to Phil

[0:38] have been giving parents advice on how

[0:40] to deal with these moments.

[0:43] >> Johnny,

[0:43] >> big big Where's your tongue?

[0:45] >> Now there's new advice from a new doctor

[0:47] with a new book and a new way of looking

[0:50] at kids.

[0:51] >> Please Toddlers are a lot like

[0:53] Neanderthalss.

[0:53] >> Neanderthalss?

[0:54] >> Yeah,

[0:55] >> that's right. Neanderthalss. Little

[0:57] cavemen

[0:59] >> with primitive vocabularies and primal

[1:02] emotions.

[1:03] >> They have a very simple sense of

[1:05] communication.

[1:08] When they want something, they'll grab

[1:10] it. If they're mad at you, they'll

[1:11] scratch.

[1:12] >> So, Dr. Karp has taught parents how to

[1:14] talk to their kids.

[1:15] >> You want You want You want it. Now, you

[1:18] say, "Give me."

[1:18] >> Karp has this advice. Remember who

[1:21] you're talking to. Keep it short. Repeat

[1:23] yourself a lot. And if you can, try to

[1:26] match their emotion.

[1:28] >> It's only when you break it down into

[1:30] short phrases and go, "No, no, you don't

[1:32] like it. You don't like it. You don't

[1:34] like it." And you get close to their

[1:35] level of feeling that they look at you

[1:37] and they go, "You get it.

[1:40] >> No, no, I don't want to put my pajamas

[1:42] on, daddy."

[1:43] >> And the Martins say it works,

[1:45] >> honey. When a pediatrician tells you to

[1:48] think of your child as a Neanderthal.

[1:50] >> Well, that didn't take any getting used

[1:51] to.

[1:52] >> But the technique may take a little

[1:54] getting used to.

[1:55] >> No, no, no, NO.

[1:59] >> Parents may be afraid of looking

[2:01] foolish, but only when they first hear

[2:03] Karp's idea.

[2:05] >> If you could do this technique and end a

[2:07] temper tantrum in 40 seconds instead of

[2:10] 5 minutes,

[2:11] >> we'll take it.

[2:12] >> Dr. Karp says, "Do this right and you

[2:15] could see a 50 to 90% decrease in temper

[2:18] tantrums."

[2:19] >> I think it works and so it's not hard to

[2:21] employ. Um, as long as you don't mind

[2:24] feeling stupid or looking stupid.

[2:26] >> It's worth a little embarrassment for

[2:28] the Martins who are willing to keep

[2:30] talking to their kids like cavemen.

[2:32] >> You want that?

[2:33] >> Until the prehistoric style tantrums are

[2:36] history in Venice, California. I'm

[2:39] Richard Slesinger for Eye on America.

[2:42] And that's part of our world tonight.

[2:44] I'll see you tomorrow morning with CBS

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