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[ Hey, you know who hasn't graced the network in a while?

This tiny monster.

You know who understands how the network works and thinks it's neat?

That same tiny monster.

When the camera clicks on, Groot is standing way too close to the screen, and all that can be seen are his gigantic, black eyes. There's a muffled, "I am Groot?" and then he's setting the communicator down and taking a few steps back until he's mostly visible from the waist up. He waves cheerfully at the camera, and then reaches offscreen to produce...

This bad boy.

He waves it around effortlessly; even if it's already extended, it's clearly near weightless. An excellent blade, all around.

Not excellent for children, however.

Offscreen, Gamora's voice sounds distant:

"Peter, have you seen my—"

Her feet appear in the camera's view, followed by a sharp, reprimanding, ]

Groot! Give that back! You're going to hurt yourself!

[ And she's stomping over to snatch away her sword.

Groot whines when Gamora takes Godslayer, and after a brief pause, the sapling is bursting into immediate, earsplitting bawling.

Sorry to anyone next door or on the adjacent floors. ]

Ugh.

[ She scoops up her communicator, too. It takes a second for her to notice that Groot turned it on, but then she clicks off the feed. ]

[ Following after that disaster: ]

Who has experience dealing with tantrums?

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it's been quite awhile but i had twin siblings that were several years younger than me. enough that i remember their tantrums. try distracting tree-child with another toy or something else. if he really won't budge? let him cry and scream. yes it means a headache but he has to learn that he won't get his way by throwing a fit.

and maybe keep the sharp pointy objects locked away from now on. little children can and will get into every damn thing

We need to have our weapons accessible. That's the problem.

How long does it take them to learn by ignoring the fit?

then get used to this happening a fair bit

sort of depends on how old the child is. buuuuut given that these are new for you and how young tree-child looks? i would start getting used to them. this won't stop anytime soon