I just did this a few weeks ago for my two year old daughter. It hit me one day that if she was old enough to throw tantrums, help clean her room, put her own movie into the DVD player, etc., she didn't need a pacifier. So I grabbed them out of her bed and cut the tips off of them (she had one she slept with and one she held, and it was a nightmare if she didn't have them both) She walked in just as I was putting the scissors down and I said "OH MAN! This is broken. It doesn't work no more. Now we have to throw it in the trash." And I threw it away. She immediately looked in the trash and pulled them out and tried to put them back together. She didn't cry, but she was shocked, upset, and had the saddest little look on her face. I was just as "shocked" and was very sympathetic, since she was really attached to this little sucky thing, you know? I didn't overreact though, and just let her deal with it in her own way. She tried to suck on them (I know! But luckily the trash just had papers in it). She asked me to fix them, and I showed her how the two pieces are broken and it wouldn't work. After her and I throwing them away and digging them back out a few more times, she was fine. She did this again when my older daughter came home from school and when my husband came home from work. She wanted everyone to see that it was broken and maybe they could fix it. It was a big event and I was nervous about laying her down, since she really seemed obsessed with the whole thing. But she did fine. She asked for it, and I said "it's broken. It doesn't work" and she whined a bit, but no tears or anything. I was done though, so tears wouldn't have worked anyway. I think that is the biggest thing, I WAS DONE. Once YOU are set on what you want for your daughter, it becomes real easy. I decided it was more of a problem than a help, and her teeth were getting affected and it was time. She has been pacifier free for 5-6 months now and when she sees one, I say, "Oh look at that BABY Pacifier! Your a BIG GIRL now, huh!" and she says "Yeah, Baby pacifier" (she actually calls them Chuppy's, but you know what I mean) Anyway, good luck.