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You finally put the phone down and gave them your full attention today. The problem is, it was right after the tantrum. This is the trap hidden inside attention seeking behaviour, and almost nobody warns you about it. Here is the catch. If the only time we go all in, fully present, eyes up, phone away, is after things have already blown up, the child quietly learns the price of our attention. It costs one tantrum. And they will pay it, every single time, because from where they sit it is working. So the ten minutes everyone tells you to give only does its job if you spend it on the calm. Go to them while they are playing nicely. Sit down while they are building something quietly. Notice them when nothing is wrong and there is no reason to. That is the moment the lesson flips: I don’t have to break something to bring her over. It was never really about how much attention. It is about the timing. Pour it into the calm, and slowly the chaos loses its job. You cannot be available every second. No parent can. You just don’t want your child’s loudest moments to be the only ones that reliably reach you. Tell me in the comments: when does your child usually get your most undivided attention, honestly? During the easy moments, or after something has already gone wrong? . . . #attentionseeking #positiveparenting #consciousparenting #gentleparenting #childbehaviour connectionnotcorrection

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This post was published on 15th June, 2026 by Ankita on her Instagram handle "@followyourchild (Ankita B Chandak | Montessori Expert | Parenting Coach)". Ankita has total 517.0K followers on Instagram and has a total of 1.1K post.This post has received 229 Likes which are lower than the average likes that Ankita gets. Ankita receives an average engagement rate of 0.45% per post on Instagram. This post has received 21 comments which are lower than the average comments that Ankita gets. Overall the engagement rate for this post was lower than the average for the profile. #positiveparenting #attentionseeking #gentleparenting #consciousparenting #childbehaviour has been used frequently in this Post.