Toddler Discipline: Effective Toddler Discipline Strategies to Tame Tantrums and Help Your Child Grow With Positive Discipline

By Caroline Jones

Uncover Little-Known Parenting Secrets to Effectively Discipline Toddlers, Quelling Tantrums and Raising Obedient, Well-Behaved Children without Using Punishment or Negative Discipline!

Are you tired of your toddler's incessant and annoying tantrums? Struggling to get your child to behave properly when at home, with guests, or even in public?

Have you been forced to watch with growing concern, the transition of your child from a cute little infant to a yelling, emotional little tyrant?

 

If any of the above questions sound like what you need help with, then you're not alone and you've come to the right place!

 

Raising toddlers is no easy task, and finding a way to train your toddler without hitting them or using severe punishment can be difficult. But it doesn't have to be that way.

 

In this comprehensive manual to Toddler Discipline, you're going to discover loads of some of the most effective strategies to solve behavior issues and raise a happy, well-behaved child with a few disciplinary techniques that many successful parents of toddlers swear by and work like gangbusters!

 

Among the pages of Toddler Discipline, you're going to discover:

• Everything you need to know about how a toddler's brain really works and how they interpret the world around them
• Common and little-known toddler mistakes made by both new and experienced parents you should avoid
• The foolproof guide to positive discipline and how to get children to behave and be obedient without yelling or hitting them
• 11 harmful myths and misconceptions about toddler discipline you need to discard right now
• A surefire way to improve communication with your toddler with proven strategies and using the "toddler dictionary"
• How to effectively deal with toddlers who throw tantrums as well as whiny and biting toddlers
• Proven ways to establish strict boundaries with your toddlers and make sure they don't cross them
• Surefire tips to help you keep your cool and stay calm when your toddler is misbehaving
• ...and much more!

Whether you're a brand-new parent or are looking to get completely ready before your next toddler reaches her "problem years", this guide will arm you with all tools and knowledge you need to properly raise and discipline your kids in their formative years.

 

Ready to crack the code to effective toddler parenting?

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Caroline Jones
• Release date: Feb 13, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224735402

Book preview

Introduction

If you feel like you are walking a tight rope with your emotions, especially when it comes to taking care of your toddler, you’re not alone. It can seem like a struggle to get your kids to get along with each other. You can’t figure out to make your toddler stop climbing over things they aren’t supposed to be on or to get them to put clothing on. If you are tired of having to engage in battle after battle over bedtime or dinner, you are not alone.

You aren’t even unusual. This just means you are a normal parent and human being. It’s hard to figure out the best way to discipline a child, especially when they are a toddler. That’s simply a fact. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the days always seem to go like this: They do something they weren’t supposed to. You get upset. They get upset. And somebody begins to cry.

This can be extremely infuriating and exhausting, especially when it happens every single day. All you end up feeling is heartache, guilt, disconnection, and drama. You’ve probably found yourself wondering, Is there a way I can discipline where I calm the situation instead of creating chaos? You are looking to stop creating more problems and respond in a way that will help build up your relationships. You would like to put an end to the drama.

It is possible to do that. This book is here to teach you how to do just that. There is a method to parenting that will focus on the relationship and respect and is low in conflict and drama. You can learn how to foster good relationship skills and improve the odds that your child is going to make good decisions.

Parents don’t want to yell anymore. Parents know what discipline techniques they don’t want to use. However, they aren’t sure of the best alternatives. They want to discipline with love, yet if they say such a thing, they run the risk of other people making fun of them. They end up feeling even more exhausted and overwhelmed when they need to get their child to do what is right.

In this book, I am going to introduce you to new ways to create a no-drama approach to discipline. You will discover principles and strategies that will get rid of all of those high emotions that characterize normal discipline strategies. This will make your life as a parent a lot easier and will make your parenting a lot more effective.

Discipline is an important part of parenting. These are the moments that shape your child in a powerful way. When a challenge appears, and they will, you’ll stop seeing them as a dreaded situation that will be filled with drama and anger, but as a way to connect with your child and help redirect them towards something that will help them out.

After all, discipline is supposed to be about getting your child to do the right thing. The consequences shouldn’t be the main goal, and neither should punishment. During the time you are angry and frustrated with your child, you may feel like you want to punish them. These negative feelings will often leave you feeling unsure as to what you really feel. This is normal and understandable. After you have calmed down, you will realize that giving consequences wasn’t the main goal.

Discipline has started to take on a very different definition to what it used to have. Too many people view discipline as a means to punish. However, discipline comes from the Latin word disciplina, which back in the eleventh century meant giving instruction, teaching, and learning. Discipline has long meant to teach.

That’s what you are going to learn in this book. We will go through how the toddler brain works and show you some of the best ways to teach them how to behave. We’ll also dispel some myths and mistakes along the way. Let’s begin.

Chapter 1: Toddler’s Misbehavior

Has your toddler ever done something that made you stop and wonder what exactly they were thinking? What is happening inside their brains as they are pushing that toy car around or playing with their block, balls, etc. There has been a lot of research done that can give us some insight into a toddler’s behavior and thinking. Let’s find out what they discovered.

The Workings of a Toddler’s Brain

We all know that there are connections that are made between brain cells whenever we have an interaction with our toddler. The dendrites connect the neurons, and it’s the dendrites that help the neurons communicate with each other. To help the brain work the best it can, they will prune the connections. If a connection isn’t pruned, all the ones that have been used over and over again will hang around. These connections create a maze that has connected pathways and roads. The paths that get used more often will get established well, and the ones that don’t will become an overgrown pathway. All the activities that toddlers do over and over again, like reading the same book several times or singing the same song several times, are needed to develop healthy brains.

Cognitive Development Stages

The child development theorist, Jean Piaget, has labeled a child’s first two years the Sensorimotor stage. A child will learn by using their senses and moving during this time. Throughout their second year, they will experience two stages of thinking. One sub-stage is called the tertiary circular reactions that usually happen between 12 and 18 months. Toddlers learn things by trial and error within this time frame. They are taking all those ideas that pop into their head and try to do them while exploring our world. It is important to talk to them about the things that they are trying. This can help them process information that they get, showing them that you respect them.

Between the ages of 18 and 24 months, they are in the beginning thought stages. During this time is when a toddler learns symbolic thoughts, and they start to pretend play. They start realizing that one thing could be the same as another thing. They might use a block as a cell phone, or a plate might be a cake.

Encouraging Development

Encourage Them to Experiment

You have to remember that toddlers will learn through trial and error. While they may look like they are unfocused playing, what they are doing is testing their world and the way it works. During water play, they might drop something into the water and see whether it sinks or floats; when they do this, they are testing an idea they have. They repeatedly drop that tory from their high chair to see what sounds it makes, which helps them understand the effect and cause. Giving them materials that encourage their experimentation, such as sand, dolls, stacking cups, and blocks can help them.

Be Patient

You need to realize that repetition helps a toddler learn and develop. It can be a hard time, but you need to be tolerant when your child begins repeatedly doing things.

Have Conversations With Your Child

You need to talk to your child about their ideas to show them that you're interested in what they are doing and you respect them. You could say something like: I see you have an idea, and you are trying it out to see if it works. I can promise you now that they do understand what you are saying, and they know more than you think they do and a lot more than they can communicate with you, but that is all going to catch up to them one day.

Play With Them

If your child is using a block to call their friends or you, pick up a different block and have a conversation with them. Give them some materials that encourage their pretend play. Give them a child-size grocery