There’s a new parenting hack making the rounds online (including today.com on Wednesday) that sounds ridiculous… until you think about it for five seconds and go, “yeah, that might actually work.”
Parents are claiming you can stop a toddler meltdown dead in its tracks by suddenly yelling out a random name — like “JESSICA!” — even if your kid isn’t Jessica, doesn’t know a Jessica, and has never heard the name in their life.
And no, this doesn’t mean every Jessica in the world is walking around perfectly behaved — although if you know one, feel free to test that theory…