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Hi, this is Janet Landsbury and welcome to Unruffled.

This week I'm responding to a question from a mom whose 20-month-old seems to have developed

a bit of a short fuse.

When he doesn't get his way, he yells no and starts crying.

And she's wondering if there's a respectful way to support him through these episodes.

So here's the question I received.

Hello, I'm hoping for some ideas on how to work through this situation.

My son is 20 months and has recently started to show his dissatisfaction with things by

yelling, sometimes screaming, no!

And crying.

He does this whenever something happens that he didn't want to happen.

If the dog comes too close, if a bucket of water spills when he tips it over, if the

door closes when he doesn't want it to, etc.

I feel that the behavior is quite age-appropriate and typically handle it by talking through

his frustration with him and allowing him to feel the emotion, which is great at home

when it's just us.

He's around my nieces quite often, they're three and four years old and is especially

this way with them, specifically the three-year-old.

He gets mad and yells at her often and sometimes even pushes her.

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