One of the biggest things that we can do, especially for this age, is seeing what they can do first.

They may not be able to because of their dexterity of their fingers or their cognitive development or their strength, right?

Maybe it is hard to get on, but first ask your son, can we figure out how to do this?

Let me see if you can do it yourself. Try opening it or closing it yourself.

Like using phrases like that, like in a very calm manner of let me see what you can do.

I think you can figure it out. And if you can't figure it out, I'm here to help you.

Welcome back to the show. I am so excited that you're here.

If you're listening to this episode when it goes live, this is the last Monday mornings with Dr. Mona episode for 2022.

And I have loved this series. It started out as parents calling in their questions and me answering it.

And then I pivoted to have parents actually come on to talk about those things that need a little bit more

back and forth conversation so that I can really give that expert consultation advice.

In 2023, I'm going to be doing both. I'm going to be having parents continue to come on.

And then for parents who are not comfortable coming on and talking with me on this public platform,

I'll be still allowing you to call in your question. So we're going to do a mixed format.

So if you want your question answered, whether it is anonymously through a question that you call in

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So thank you so much. On this episode of Monday mornings with Dr. Mona, I am talking with Chelsea,

a parent of a two-year-old boy about frustration tolerance. I like to talk about frustration as frustration tolerance

because frustration is a very healthy human emotion. We want to teach our children how to cope with that feeling.

Same thing with sadness, with happiness. So make sure you listen to the entire conversation

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