Children’s temper tantrums. They’re a fact of life. But when one little girl was screaming and crying recently, rather than getting frustrated or yelling back, her father took a different route.
Instead of rebuking his daughter, he decided to “lip sync” and act out her entire tantrum — and record it on video. A clip of the faux fit is now nearing 1 million views on YouTube.
In the video, the unnamed father can be seen imitating his daughter as she shrieks and cries off-camera. While much of the tantrum is unintelligible, the little girl can be heard repeatedly screaming, “Stop it!” as her father ignores her and unrelentingly mimics her cries.
I have to tell you – I used to be VERY good at doing the “instant echo” as the Youngest and the Oldest were growing up. It’s not clear if the Dad is in front of the “meltdown midget” or she is somewhere else (and there is always a pattern to these), but I can tell you, right through Middle School, but I would be and I can tell you, it would turn up their volume from an 8 to an 11 and that it always took them minutes to figure out that to shut me up, they had to shut themselves up.
Winning! I do have to admit, however, this guy’s acting is FAR better than what I did.
And yes, I learned arely on in our marriage to NOT to use this technique with TMEW (that was Loosing!). (H/T: The Blaze)
