Insert exasperated sigh right about here!
Is that something you can identify with? Almost certainly so! Still, continue reading Fogatry’s piece, and let us know in the comments if you agree or disagree with whether “predictability is the key to prevention in toddler tantrums.
As we go on this journey of parenthood we are constantly trying to find insightful bits from many different sources, except trial and error (those can be a bit scary), to become a better parent.
Toddlers are the most perfect, blissful, beautiful beings to toddle the face of the planet. They’re also maniacally unhinged for 10 out of 24 hours of the day and can leave you, their loving parent who only wants what’s best for them, retreating to corners of your home to “dust” (hide) and crying yourself to sleep because you fear you have a future criminal on your hands.
My 2-year-old son has recently started hitting everything and everyone in his sight when he becomes too frustrated to deal with his emotions and the seemingly minor hiccups he encounters a hundred times a day. My husband and I don’t believe in hitting as a form of effective discipline. Naturally, we want to do everything within our power to stop him from striking out at his older sister, his toys or us because ouch, it hurts like hell, and more importantly, he needs to learn that we don’t settle our disputes using physical violence.
And so I turn to the experts: the online parenting gurus who are going to gracefully guide me from my family’s present state of hell to a cloud where my little boy can use his words to express his disappointment, hurt and anger.
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