Toddler Discipline

Generally very less parents would like to talk about their toddler’s discipline. You must have an understanding of mind for tackling your toddler. Your toddler searches for new adventures every day. He is utilizing his freedom for new adventures. If your toddler needs you’re your help he will call you, never come in his way as he getting new skills every day. Now the question arises for the discipline of the toddler. As he does not have any fears. According, to him nothing is impossible for him to do.

Reasons to discipline toddler

Many parents may had observed that their child’s first word is “no”. Most probably your toddler may have heard this word only from you. Every word your toddler hears he tries to mimic them. Like a parrot he responds to that word. His always growing independence is the reason for that. He would not listen to any one as he thinks that he is capable of thinking himself. Not very often you could ask for reasons to your toddler. You would have to follow the toddlers discipline totality.

The problems related with toddler

With toddlers and their parents power struggle is the most common problem. A toddler never thinks before doing anything like pulling a basket off from table or eating his crayons. He thinks that he capable of doing anything. It frustrates the toddler if stop him from doing so. He is not ready to understand that the thing he is having fun to do is not really a fun for you!

Toddlers also want everything to be done by them. If you would ever try to hold his hands to help him cross a street or a busy lane, he would try to pull off his hand and would insist to do on his own.

You may have to face a struggle to let him on his bed at night. He thinks that he would miss something wonderful as soon he is slept. He would start crying in late night to call you to hold him.

The solutions

As the toddler start maturing you will start giving him explanations for why a particular activity could not be performed by him. Until then your discipline must be more creative.

Always remember to choose your battles as this the most important point. Decrease the use of word “no” in front of your child. Sometimes there must be some reasons for using this word, especially trying your toddler to get injured. Explain him the reason for your concern. Eventually a day would come when he would start understanding you.

Some people believe that slapping your kid is the best punishment you should give them. But from this you are teaching him wrong things. A wrong impression of you is being created in his mind.

Distraction is one of the most power full tools to avoid power struggles. As soon as you say no to him distract him with some another activity which he likes.

Toddler will understand the lost privilege as soon as he matures. He would understand that he is not the one who is in charge.