My Toddler's Becoming a Bully

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

JLML Press

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2016

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

A mom writes to Janet wondering if she should give her 2-year-old a reprieve from socializing, since she can’t seem to get through a play date without either hitting, kicking, or biting one of her peers. She wants to raise her daughter “to be kind and loving and safe around other people,” but at this point she feels that she has become a bully. For more on aggressive toddler behavior and other issues, please check out this new audio resource -- "Sessions" -- my recorded consultations with parents: SessionsAudio.com. Our Sponsors:* Check out BabyQuip and use my code UNRUFFLED for a great deal: http://www.babyquip.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, before we begin, I just want to remind you to please check out my new
0:07.6	No Bad Kids Master course.
0:09.6	You can find out all about it at nobadkidscourse.com.
0:18.4	Hi, this is Janet Landsbury and welcome to Unruffled.
0:22.2	This week I'm going to be responding to a working mom who has a two-year-old who is behaving
0:29.1	a bit aggressively, sometimes even violently towards other toddlers.
0:34.5	She says that she's tried to communicate appropriate boundaries to her daughter, but the behavior
0:40.3	seems to be getting worse.
0:45.4	Hi Janet, I am a new listener to your podcast and Ryan General.
0:49.8	It has been eye-opening to see my two-year-old daughter through this strength-based perspective.
0:55.7	Thank you for all the hard work you do to keep us parents inspired to love and respect
1:00.3	our children.
1:02.4	My daughter is having a rough time with physical boundaries.
1:05.0	She began hitting about six months ago, which we felt was pretty age-typical.
1:10.3	Since then, she's gone from hitting when provoked to actually bullying.
1:15.0	When we are at a play date, she will go up to the other kids and immediately kick, slap,
1:19.5	push, punch, or throw toys at them.
1:22.8	We have been consistent in talking to her about boundaries, we say, hurting other people
1:27.1	is not acceptable behavior.
1:29.2	I will remove you from their physical space until you are calm and ready to play.
1:34.4	Then we follow through and intervene in the situation and also allow her to try again
1:39.4	with a cooler head.
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