#192: Toddler Crying Over Every Little Thing & Extreme Separation Anxiety/Parental Preference
Parenting Beyond Discipline
Erin Royer, MA Clinical Psychology, Child Development Specialist
4.4 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
How do you help a toddler who seems to cry about every little thing? Give a choice? Crying. 1-2-3? Crying. Offer dinner they don't like? Crying. What does a parent do? Erin covers the basics to look into first then goes into additional reasons some toddlers may be more prone to crying over upsets than others and how to help them develop their skills so everyone can be less exhausted and annoyed with all the meltdowns and crying! Also a quick answer for a mom who is asking about extreme separation anxiety and parental preference, even while home!
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| 0:47.1 | Hi, everyone. So we're coming up on back to school for those of us who have kids in school. |
| 0:53.1 | And now we're still in a really unprecedented |
| 0:54.7 | times working our way through this. So next week, I have pediatrician, Dr. Jennifer |
| 1:00.4 | Verriest, coming on the podcast to give some great information about COVID and kids, things to |
| 1:05.9 | consider so you can make informed decisions for your family. If and when, hybrid learning is an option |
| 1:11.5 | versus home versus full time in school versus things you might have been going on in your own family |
| 1:16.2 | or home. Plus lots of other information too to help parents of younger kids also make some |
| 1:21.5 | informed decisions to keep your family safe. So I'm really excited to have her on to share her |
| 1:26.9 | experience and expertise with us. |
| 1:30.1 | My very first guest, I get people contacting me all the time who want to come on the show. |
| 1:35.2 | And as of yet, just haven't had a great fit that I felt was something really great, really |
| 1:39.6 | helpful for the audience. But I'm really excited to have Dr. Jennifer on next week. |
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