#185: How to Handle Bossiness in Toddlers
Parenting Beyond Discipline
Erin Royer, MA Clinical Psychology, Child Development Specialist
4.4 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Toddlers can be very bossy, so much so that this episode includes two questions about how to handle bossy and demanding toddlers. How do you handle a toddler telling a parent what to do and the attitude that often accompanies these demands?
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| 0:47.0 | So this week, both questions are about bossiness and basically some strong-willed toddlers. |
| 0:54.0 | So but for the questions this week, the first question |
| 0:56.6 | is from Jessica, and she said, my daughter is a year and a half, and she's already showing attributes |
| 1:01.1 | of bossiness and attitude, and I would like to use positive effectiveness to handle it. But with her |
| 1:06.5 | being so young and limited vocabulary, I'm not sure how to approach it. She also has meltdowns when |
| 1:11.7 | she doesn't get her way and hits when she gets angry, which I use the term that gentle touches |
| 1:16.9 | are need to be used. It has worked but we're still working on it. And her daycare has brought to my |
| 1:21.9 | attention that she doesn't share often, but she is an only child. Toddlers can have a lot of attitude. |
| 1:28.3 | I'll talk about that first, then I'll talk about the tantrums, the hitting, and the sharing. |
| 1:33.3 | A lot to touch on here. |
| 1:34.3 | So I'll only be able to graze the surface on each of these, but enough to build a deeper understanding and a few places to start. |
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