Samuel (2yrs old) has had a problem lately with emotional outbursts followed up with incoherent whining. Fed up with this, I decided that what he needed was perspective. So we decided to watch the following clip from Anchorman.

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His reaction? “That man is crying and he said burrito.” Well put, son.

So I asked him if he wants to be like the crying burrito man. He said, “Nooooo.”

And it’s actually begun to work. This afternoon he got mad for some reason and entered his own “glass case of emotion.” I walked over and told him he looked like Ron Burgundy. Then he stopped.

Coincidence? I think not.

So remember parents, Anchorman can work for you too.

Note: the boy posed for the above picture. No toddlers were harmed in the making of this blog post.