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Baby Toddlers – Discipline for Toddlers

As in most parenting situations, there is no one-size-fits-all method of discipline for toddlers. Parents may find that the more they rely on one single method, the less effective that method becomes. Try some of these techniques and pay close attention to your child’s reaction. Be as consistent as possible, but remain flexible when your method of choice isn’t working any longer.

Redirection

If your toddler is throwing sand at a playmate, remove him from the sandbox and offer a ball instead.

Distraction

Distraction is similar to redirection but instead of focusing on similar activities, choose activities that are unrelated or opposite of the behavior your child is exhibiting. Your child comes in and starts dumping buckets of toys.

Ignoring

Your toddler immediately repeats you.

Natural Consequences

Let your child experience the consequences of his actions whenever you can. Use “If-Then” statements. Remove privileges or toys if this motivates your child.

Time Out

Time out is often used as a punishment. Time out provides the much needed practice involved in learning this skill. Use when your child is outwardly exhibiting anger or is out of control. Then physically lead your child to a time-out area. If your child is doing damage to property, people, pets or self, quickly remove your child from the situation into a time out.

Summaries by : Stephanie Brown

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Toddler Kids – The Differences between Parenting Difficult Toddlers versus Troubled Kids

During the toddler years, parents often deal with the stresses of screaming kids, temper tantrums, and irrational demands.

Beyond the age of 6, children become quite capable of appreciating their responsibilities.  Parents need to enforce realistic punishment at the time of the bad behavior, or else the toddler won’t understand the connection between the behavior and the consequences.

Parents can also learn influential language skills when their children are quite young, with a goal of learning how to influence the mood and behavior of the children.  The key starting point for using these influence skills on children is to “enter your child’s world“.  I believe that many child behavior issues are the result of kids not understanding how to solve their own problems.  Once children learn to solve their problems, the bad behavior disappears. Read more…