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Henry, age 3, is playing with Sophie, 15 months, by grabbing a toy away from her. Sophie loves his attention and giggles at this interesting game, especially because he restores the toy to her every time. But Henry is getting rougher each time, and Sophie is clinging harder to the toy. He wrenches it away from her. Sophie bursts into tears. Henry, feeling guilty, says “You act like a baby!” and reaches out and shoves her down, hard. Now Sophie is wailing. READ POST
"When your son and daughter are fighting with each other, you want them to learn to resolve their differences successfully, but you may have never learned to successfully work through conflicts yourself. Before you can teach your kids to listen, identify the problem, express their feelings, generate solutions, and find common ground, you have to learn those problem-solving skills yourself"- Laura Davis & Janis Keyser READ POST
"Just how much more love and attention can I give him?"
If all your love and attention aren't changing his behavior, it's because they aren't addressing the feelings driving the behavior.
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"My almost 3 year old has been potty trained for a
year. Lately, it's been fun to pee down his heating vent in his room.
This morning, he really pushed me to my limit when I came out of the
shower and realized he had peed on his 9 month old brother. And then
when I put him in time-out in his room (instead of spanking him, which
is really what I wanted to do) he peed in his heater vent again. I feel
like I try to be a good parent, so I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
How much more love and affection can I give him? We'll start a sticker
chart today and hope that works. Because once you pee on your brother,
you've gone too far, and we have to fix this now." -- Anonymous
Clearly peeing on the baby is going too far! Last week we looked at
why spankings and timeouts don't really work when the toddler pees on
the baby. (If you missed that post, it's here.) Today, let's consider Sticker charts. Tomorrow, we'll explore that all-too-familiar refrain: How much more love and affection can I give him?
And on Thursday, we'll wrap up this little series with some real
solutions. (Can't wait? They'll be geared toward helping this little
pisser manage his emotions, so he can manage his behavior.) READ POST
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at this point, I never leave the two alone together for a second. Even then, sometimes the older one gets a quick bop on the head, shove, or kick in. HELP!