Struggling with a child that won't listen to you? Learn how to discipline a toddler without hitting and yelling using age-appropriate ways. No parent sets out to get upset at her child, but how are you supposed to discipline when he's reaching for the cord or playing with scissors? When you've told him a million times not to drop his food on the floor—yet he still does? When he could care less about consequences, much less understand what they are? We've all wrangled with a toddler who doesn't listen, and instead hits and screams in a fit. You've tried telling him "no" over and over … [Read more...]

Struggling with your toddler's temperament? Learn how to discipline a strong willed 2 year old (and why these traits may not be so bad!). It's when you ask him to stop opening and closing his sippy cup... but he still keeps doing it. Or when he smears yogurt on the couch and drops crackers in the carpet (only to walk all over it, trampling them into tiny crumbs). He doesn't care how mad you get, or whether you count to three (or a hundred, for that matter). "Punishment" and time outs don't work, and he doesn't acknowledge anything you say. And you're getting upset with how stubbornly … [Read more...]