Comments on: 7 Hidden Reasons Why Your Toddler Acts Defiant https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 02:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Angel https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-53214 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-53214 Thank You

]]> By: Erin https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-51944 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-51944 Thank you for your blog. We are starting over in our 50s…our children are grown. Our grandson is 18 months old and living with us. Haha, having to re-learn how the toddler brain works and how to parent (grandparent) a toddler. :-) Thank you!! Your blog is a God-Send!

]]> By: Lisa M. Zohoury https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-39288 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-39288 These ideas are so helpful! I am sharing with my nieces to try with their little ones. I wish I had known while raising my son (now 40) but I will hopefully be able to practice these tips with my “some-day” grandkids. A lot of this relates to responding to the elderly, in a manner. My husband is 95 and, at times, seems to have reverted to a child in his behavior. It’s like having a toddler again, but much harder, since he deserves respect. It’s really hard… Thanks for your tips! Lisa

]]> By: Sarah Anderson https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-38576 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-38576 Hi!!!!! I just want to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE ALL YOUR ARTICLES!!!!! They have really helped me through ALOT of life situations! But my question is…..my daughter is 10 and has been being VERY DEFIANT! She has her good days but it seems lately there have been more bad then good. I don’t know what to do. PLEASE HELP ME!!!! LOL….Any and ALL Help/tips/suggestions or WHATEVER would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!! TY IN ADVANCE!!!!!!!

]]> By: Sherman https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-35222 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-35222 In reply to Briawna Hartmann.

Thank you very much Kelly Holmes ! My wife Susie urged me to read your wonderful helpful list of 7 suggestions. Thanks for caring for our children and parents. Sincerely Sherman C.

]]> By: Briawna Hartmann https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-8469 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-8469 Thank you so much! This was so helpful. Which is the books you quoted did you find to be the most helpful?? I’d like to do some more reading on this! Thank you!

]]> By: Sara https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-8277 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-8277 I love everything you are saying, but how do you when it gets to the point if your toddler is just throwing a tantrum to get their way?

]]> By: LAURA DAVIS https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-8184 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-8184 I have a 3 year old that refuses to potty train She will sit for a while and will get up and will wet her pants within a short period. So defiant

]]> By: Patricia https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-8114 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-8114 This is all well and good, in theory, but The HOW is what’s not really making sense. HOW do you implement these tips with a non-verbal toddler? HOW do I teach without words? HOW do you quiet down all that psychological talking and bring a toddler back down from a tantrum?

]]> By: T Huang https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7987 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7987 Hello Kelly,
I saw you mentioned in the article that “It’s a proven scientific fact that a toddler will engage you in approximately 57 billion power struggles every day. At least half of those power struggles will set off epic toddler tantrums.” Where do you get this data from? Would appreciate it if you could direct me to the original source.

Thank you,
Tutu

]]> By: Diane Rath https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7947 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7947 Save the read and just discipline your kids. You cannot reason with an unreasonable child, so don’t try. Don’t count to 3, or whatever number you want to use. Say it once and mean it. Boundaries and consequences. Be a parent, not a friend. Most of all, teach your kids respect.

]]> By: Kim https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7841 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7841 Very good article, Kelly. I’m working on being a whisperer to my 3-year-old grandson and needed those reminders! ;-)

]]> By: Kathy Chapman https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7712 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7712 The amazing part is this will work with my 8 year old as well as my 3 year old. Can’t wait to get started. Thank you.

]]> By: Nomi Jecker https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7701 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7701 I just had the HARDEST day w/ my toddler and I’m so happy I found this.

THANK YOU.

]]> By: Melissa Smith https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7699 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7699 This article was JUST what I needed — thank you!

]]> By: Jamie Rodriguez https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7487 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7487 Hi Kelly,
My friend forward me this article because the photo used on the cover looks like my daughter (curly hair, turquoise shirt). Do you know the name of the photographer?

]]> By: Amanda https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7452 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7452 I love this information! I knew most of it but being reminded, and in such a great understanding way was perfect. Thank you

]]> By: Francine Allen https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7383 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7383 I am a beginning Toddler Teacher at a child care center. How can I teach toddlers to line up (eg. to go out to or in from the playground) especially if I’m the sole teacher (when we are at the state-mandated ratio of children to teachers)?

]]> By: Savannah Smith https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7370 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7370 This is a great post! This is exactly what I needed to read. Having a toddler is really hard with all the new challenges they face, but as parents we must help them. These really help us understand that toddlers don’t understand everything we do, and we have to understand that they don’t. Teaching them is what we must do.

]]> By: Iisha Jones https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/toddler-brain/#comment-7352 https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/?p=12651#comment-7352 I am a deticated Child Abuse Advocate! This is awesome advice!!!! Wished that more parents could learn to understand ‘toddler communication and behavior’. There would be less fustration and ultimately lead to less abuse cases!

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