If you've got kids then you'll know how hard it is to go shopping especially around Christmas time.
They pick toys up off the shelf, they beg you for it before putting it in the trolley and worst case scenario they have full-blown meltdown when you tell them they can't have it.
But one mum has come up with a genius way to stop the toy shop tantrums.
Kristina Watts simply takes a picture.
The mum-of-three shared the idea in a recent Facebook post.
She wrote: "Once again my camera roll is FULL of pictures of Emerson with every single thing she wants for Christmas. Why...because it’s the most amazing parenting hack ever and has stopped MANY meltdowns! If you aren’t using this hack...listen up friends."
Kristina, who is mum to Caden, 11 and Davis, 6, revealed that when three-year-old daughter Emerson asks for something she justs snaps a picture of her with it.
Her post continues: "Pause for a second, comment on the thing they’re pointing out, and say, 'Let's take a picture with it and send it to Santa so he knows you want it!'
"Note: you can send it to Santa, grandma, TeeTee, Stephanie or whoever it is you can pawn it off on. Totally up to you and can be different every time.
"Magically, Emmie smiles, says cheese, asks to see the picture, then PUTS THE TOY DOWN AND WALKS AWAY. It’s magical. No tears. No tantrums (by either of us). And she forgets about all of them within minutes."
Kristina who works from her home in Panama City, Florida, in the US, swears by this trick and was compelled to share it adding: "Maybe you've been doing this for ages, and you selfishly didn't share this tip with me...or maybe you’re like me and this is about to rock your world. For real, try it friends. You’re welcome."
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