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This week, I'm going to talk about toddlers. I get a lot of questions about toddler behavior.

Obviously, the difficult parts, the nose, the pushback,

that push for independence. The questions are all usually very similar, but just different scenarios.

That constant. I say toast, she says cereal. I say the sky is blue, he says it's red. I say over here and she runs over there. For some parents, they feel like it's all day long whenever their toddler is awake.

And it all stems back to the same thing, that toddler behavior and push for independence.

So I'll share several tips for dealing with this constant pushback. Then I'll share

a story that happened in our family this week, not related to a tantrum or toddler behavior,

but just a personal story that I think is good to share where and when I can struggle. Because

parenting is really a mix between science and art, and that art is knowing your own

children really well, knowing yourself really well. So I'll share some honest feelings and

reactions that I had as a parent about something that happened with our oldest son,

what I was thinking about both during and after the exchange and what I learned both about myself and him.

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