Should We Referee Toy Conflicts?

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

JLML Press

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The parent of a 22-month-old seeks some clarification for toy-taking situations when her boy is in a public space -- if or when to intervene, and wondering if it’s better to weather the judgmental stares of other parents in favor of her son’s social development. For more on toddler conflicts and other common parenting 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.
0:13.9	Hi, this is Janet Lansbury and welcome to Unruffled.
0:21.2	In this episode, I'm going to be responding to a parent who is a bit confused and requesting
0:28.7	some clarity around toddlers ticking toys from each other.
0:33.6	How to handle this.
0:35.9	Before I begin, I want to remind everybody that both of my books, No Bad Kids and Elevating
0:40.5	Child Care are available on audio at audible.com and in paperback at Amazon, in ebook at Amazon
0:47.8	Barnes & Noble at apple.com.
0:54.2	Hi Janet, firstly I just wanted to emphasize how your approach to parenting has resonated
0:59.0	with me and helped me tremendously.
1:00.8	I'm a mother of a friendly, curious, active 22 month old boy and I'm also a psychiatrist
1:07.4	by profession.
1:09.2	Your principles fit with my philosophies on development, emotional regulation, frustration,
1:13.8	tolerance, and self-esteem.
1:16.8	I felt a bit confused after your podcast of August 6th when toddlers take toys.
1:23.0	And what I've read in your books and heard on previous podcasts, my sense has been that
1:27.4	toddlers taking toys from one another was a normal behavior developmentally, that these
1:32.4	are the early stages of their learning to socialize, and that angst we might feel about
1:37.3	toys being taken are projections on our part as parents.
1:41.8	So my approach has been to narrate what I see.
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