Kingston mom- I've got a whiner too, not my kid thank God. I just ignore it (he knows I don't tolerate it so he knows the ignoring is not that I haven't heard him), I will take care of other kid's needs before his while he is whining and make big deal about it "I can help you next Suzy, you asked me in a nice voice" or I tell him I can't understand "whining" and he has to repeat himself in a nice voice. The whining has dropped dramatically.