Hitting Toddlers - Parenting Advice

This is a copy of an email from Amiee Kieffer, author of http://momzoo.blogspot.com/ 
I thought it would be helpful to many others.

Nicholeen

 

Your parenting methods have really changed things around here.  I could go on and on about it! 

     I am still at a loss on how to do this all with my 2 year old.  He does well [...]

Parenting Toddlers and Parenting Teenagers ~Family Government in Action

Parenting Toddlers ~ Small Successes
Nicholeen,
I’ve been working with my son Jack for the last six months to appropriately accept correction. He’s 21 months old. He’ll do something inappropriate, I’ll tell him the right thing to do and then say, “You say, ‘OK, mom.’” I’ve been wondering, over the course of the months, if my efforts [...]

Tips For Using Time-out With Toddlers

“My 2yo has started crying a LOT the past few days.  Over every little thing.   Nothing is different physically or environmentally that I can tell.  He already has his 2yo molars, too..   He’s just been crying about everything that he doesn’t like, with some pretty good tantrums thrown in the mix of the average crying.  [...]

Are You In Crisis?

The first page of  Parenting A House United says:
“Is your home in crisis?  Do your children never do what they are told?  Do you find yourself completely overwhelmed and hating to interact with your children?  Do your children treat you with disrespect and cause contention at home?  Are you out of control of your emotions [...]

Consequences

My problem is that I never can think of appropriate consequences when my kids misbehave. Do you have any suggestions? I have five children ages 9-18. Thanks, Amy
Consequences can be difficult to think up, but the trick is to only do it one time.  A parent who has to reinvent the consequence every time a [...]

Runaway Two Year Old

Q: “With my 2 and half yr old. She frequently will run away from me when I call her, wanting to turn it into a game of chase. Sometimes this is at a store or getting into the car, sometimes it is when she needs a diaper change etc.  I have tried to do roll [...]

Making Toddler Store Time Happy

Mommy’s “Said Okay” Song 
 
   Have you ever been in the store and heard a small child ask their parent for a candy bar, or a toy?  Most resonable parents don’t go around buying everything their child asks for, so the parent usually says, “No, not today.”  For many children an answer like this causes crying, whinning, [...]

Advice From the World’s Strictest Parent

“Hi Nicholeen, I hope you don’t mind me messaging you/adding you as a friend….I saw you recently on tv here in England, and as a mother of two I was so impressed and humbled by your patience and love. Nothing seemed to get you down. The love and respect your family have for each other [...]

“It’s Bedtime”

Bedtime negative behaviors. my 5 year old just will not settle down. I get really frustrated with him. I don’t feel like I can do the rule of three or extra chores when he is supposed to be going to sleep, and if I tell him he has earned them for the morning, the consequence [...]

Are you listening to me?

Q:  “With my 5 year old, when I am correcting negative behavior and I ask him to practice with me, he goes into goofy mode and doesn’t want to practice correct behavior, or does it silly. Should I give him consequences for this behavior? or should I skip the practice?”
 
A: 
I know just the goofy [...]