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Secrets to Toddler Discipline
When your 1-year-old screams for candy or throws food out of your cart at the grocery store, it's hard to know how to deal with her misbehaving. After all, a child this age is still too young to be disciplined, right? Not quite. While tactics like time-outs or taking away privileges don't work well on toddlers (they aren't old enough to link cause and effect), this is actually a good time to introduce your child to the concept of right and wrong. "Parents often think of discipline only in terms of punishment, but the origin of the word is 'to teach,' " says psychologist Deborah Roth Ledley, Ph.D., author of Becoming a Calm Mom: How to Manage Stress and Enjoy the First Year of Motherhood. "With 1-year-olds, discipline really should be more about socializing children and teaching them boundaries." You can set your toddler on the path to good behavior with these simple strategies.
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my daughter is 16 months old. Is it too soon to start potty training?
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8/16/2011 07:21:31 PM Report Abuse@ y3s3_chik: Limit TV time to one half hour per day, for example during dinner prep when you need him distracted. At 3 years old, he's plenty old enough to implement time-outs when he doesn't listen to you and throws a fit. Or get rid of the TV. :-) @ cmonica.bb33: Any time your child bites/scratches/pinches, IMMEDIATELY sit her down and firmly tell her, "No. We do not bite our family/friends. You hurt Mommy," etc. 8 months is not too young at all.
3/22/2011 12:34:30 PM Report Abuseif ur upset ur child gets upset take a time out for u - another thing to do is to try and redirect their attention to anything else as they don't understand why they cant do what ur saying no to
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