#189: Toddler Screaming, Big Bedtime Struggles & 6-Year-Old Not Listening at All!
Parenting Beyond Discipline
Erin Royer, MA Clinical Psychology, Child Development Specialist
4.4 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
A double question from one mom with big toddler issues of screaming when upset and super stressful bedtimes, not staying in bed and 1 1/2 to 2 hour bedtimes. Erin helps this mom with lots of tips of where to start and steps to fixing each of these. The second question is from a step mom, really struggling with their 6 year-old who is not listening at home or school and has gotten in trouble at school for his behavior.
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| 0:45.8 | So this week I got a double question about a two-year-old who's both screaming and having |
| 0:52.1 | some difficulty at bed times, getting in bed, staying in bed, |
| 0:56.2 | falling asleep. Plus a question about a six-year-old who's really struggling with listening, |
| 1:01.8 | both at home and at school. So let's get right to these. First question. Colleen wrote, |
| 1:07.7 | Hi, I have a question about any tips on handling toddler screaming. I have a three-year-old and a two-year-old 13 months apart. I know that some fighting, taking of toys, etc., is inevitable, but the little one who is two and two months keeps screaming when he gets mad. When our older one threw fits like this, I would put him in a big chair in the living |
| 1:28.3 | room and tell him he needed to calm down. I would ask that he let me know when he's ready for me to |
| 1:32.8 | come talk, when he is calm enough to listen. Then we would talk about the appropriate reaction, |
| 1:38.2 | what he could do if he were frustrated or needed help. I've been trying to do this with the little |
| 1:42.9 | one, but I'm usually down the hall since we |
| 1:44.7 | recently moved and the layout is different, and run to grab him quickly to set him aside in |
| 1:50.4 | either their room, if that's where they're playing, or bring him back out to the couch if they're |
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