How To Understand And Influence Positive Behavior In Your Toddler.

How To Understand And Influence Positive Behavior In Your Toddler.

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Shower me with all your love, affection and attention

This is literally the words (whether it be an extremely adorable verbal variation or indicative behavior) of every tiny tot that has walked this great planet, and rightfully so. They deserve so much of our attention.

Besides, they are the cutest, right?

You know raising a toddler can be tough. Do not be fooled by the pages of warm smiles and friendly pictures of the catalogs or the stock images that may consume the timelines of your social media platforms. Those little ones can be a bit more than a handful.

However, it is important to remember when encouraging positive behavior, be sure that you are not only pointing out when your tot’s behavior isn’t up to par but as well point out when your toddler gets it correct! A little positive reinforcement goes a long way.

Well, that’s kind of a given is what you’re probably thinking.

Actually, you’re right, it should be, but life has a funny way of happening and it always knows the right time for your toddler to come streaking out of the bathroom in front of houseguests with a trail of messy toilet tissue attached to his bum. You just might forget that little positive reinforcement talk at that moment. By the time the clean up and the apology sessions are over all you want to do is get a moment to yourself to mentally recollect.

Perhaps your little one has found something by this time to occupy their time, and you, the grateful one gladly leaves him be to play alone in peace. While it is certainly important that your child understands the value of alone time, but this is the perfect opportunity to praise their behavior. See, that’s how we work those positive reinforcement tactics back in!

It is easy for us to give our toddler unlimited attention when they are is behaving for obvious reasons: We need to speak to them to correct the behavior and in some cases clean up the mess that came along with the behavior. So, yes, communication is a necessity at this point, but could lead to an unfortunate misunderstanding. If the only time you give your toddler attention is when he is misbehaving then he will begin to associate attention with the misbehavior. So, it is pertinent when shaping the way your toddler behaves, to spread attention about evenly and wisely.

Communication, attention and being an example are all cornerstones in influencing your toddler’s behavior, it is important to remember that toddlers aren’t one size fit all. Their personalities are unique and so is their learning process. Yet, again, hat’s where that communication comes in handy when learning your tot.

Perhaps you may have a few more tips on encouraging positive toddler behavior? Feel free to share with the rest of us!

For all the obvious reasons, self-evaluation is important, but if we take a look at it from the given perspective, can you imagine if we as parents as a whole would think twice before responding to the road rage in a negative manner? In fact, let’s simplify it even more and speak about behavior as far as mannerisms when communicating with your toddler, “please and thank you” goes a very long way. You understand the benefits of it and your toddler will see that it is beneficial and therefore adopt those habits as well. Besides, during the toddler years, the things that they learn to accept as good (or bad) plays an active role in the adults that they grow into.

Shower me with all your love, affection and attention

This is literally the words (whether it be an extremely adorable verbal variation or indicative behavior) of every tiny tot that has walked this great planet, and rightfully so. They deserve so much of our attention.

Besides, they are the cutest, right?

You know raising a toddler can be tough. Do not be fooled by the pages of warm smiles and friendly pictures of the catalogs or the stock images that may consume the timelines of your social media platforms. Those little ones can be a bit more than a handful.

However, it is important to remember when encouraging positive behavior, be sure that you are not only pointing out when your tot’s behavior isn’t up to par but as well point out when your toddler gets it correct! A little positive reinforcement goes a long way.

Well, that’s kind of a given is what you’re probably thinking.

Actually, you’re right, it should be, but life has a funny way of happening and it always knows the right time for your toddler to come streaking out of the bathroom in front of houseguests with a trail of messy toilet tissue attached to his bum. You just might forget that little positive reinforcement talk at that moment. By the time the clean up and the apology sessions are over all you want to do is get a moment to yourself to mentally recollect.

Perhaps your little one has found something by this time to occupy their time, and you, the grateful one gladly leaves him be to play alone in peace. While it is certainly important that your child understands the value of alone time, but this is the perfect opportunity to praise their behavior. See, that’s how we work those positive reinforcement tactics back in!

It is easy for us to give our toddler unlimited attention when they are is behaving for obvious reasons: We need to speak to them to correct the behavior and in some cases clean up the mess that came along with the behavior. So, yes, communication is a necessity at this point, but could lead to an unfortunate misunderstanding. If the only time you give your toddler attention is when he is misbehaving then he will begin to associate attention with the misbehavior. So, it is pertinent when shaping the way your toddler behaves, to spread attention about evenly and wisely.

Communication, attention and being an example are all cornerstones in influencing your toddler’s behavior, it is important to remember that toddlers aren’t one size fit all. Their personalities are unique and so is their learning process. Yet, again, hat’s where that communication comes in handy when learning your tot.

Perhaps you may have a few more tips on encouraging positive toddler behavior? Feel free to share with the rest of us!

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