My daughter, who is 2.5 (will be three in September), loves books. She does fine with them most of the time, but if she takes books to bed with her, once in a while (say, once a week or every two weeks-it's not consistent), she'll tear one up! They're always her favorites, too. I don't know what to make of it.
We've removed all of her books with paper pages and she only takes board books to bed now. But that is lame. She loves them so much. We have taken them away before (given her ones that we don't care about because she doesn't like them), then given them back, thinking she's over it, but then she does it again.
I don't know how to convey to her that it's not a good thing to do. I mean, they're her books--but I am not cool with her shredding them. She doesn't seem to be fazed by the fact that she can't use them anymore. She will say, "It's broken" or "I broke it," but she doesn't seem upset about it. We've tried to talk to her about the fact that it hurts the book and that we can never read it again, but it's not getting through. Any thoughts?
We've removed all of her books with paper pages and she only takes board books to bed now. But that is lame. She loves them so much. We have taken them away before (given her ones that we don't care about because she doesn't like them), then given them back, thinking she's over it, but then she does it again.
I don't know how to convey to her that it's not a good thing to do. I mean, they're her books--but I am not cool with her shredding them. She doesn't seem to be fazed by the fact that she can't use them anymore. She will say, "It's broken" or "I broke it," but she doesn't seem upset about it. We've tried to talk to her about the fact that it hurts the book and that we can never read it again, but it's not getting through. Any thoughts?
