Is there anything at all a parent can do to stop a child whining?
I have to admit that it's one of my pet hates, and one of the characteristics that I find hardest to deal with as a teacher and carer, because it's almost impossible to use my own strategy when I'm responsible for a large group in a classroom. Thank heavens my own child didn't have this problem! I might have gone completely mad.
There are certainly a few things we can do in the long term to discourage children from whining when they don't get what they want.
