GirlChat #727355
Because you're preventing him from touching a dangerous thing. Positive outcome. You should be compassionate about it if his not satisfying the curiosity is causing him great distress, and distract him with something else.
Although, if the thing wasn't tooo dangerous (say, a hot surface but not hot enough to actually injure him), it's arguably superior parenting to allow him touch the thing and discover why not through experience. ~ RBL |