But then what happens is when they become a toddler, they start doing those

behaviors out of aggression. Like they're upset, so then they scratch and kick and

duh. Okay, we don't want them to do that when they're upset. We are okay with them

being upset because that's okay to be upset. But it's not okay to hit, to scratch,

to kick, to pull. And that's what we're trying to teach our kids with these

boundaries in the moment.

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Dr. Mona. I am talking with Leah about her 18-month-old daughter, Ayla, who is

in a scratching, hitting, and kicking phase. Let's get into the conversation. Hey,

Leah, so tell me what is on your mind today as a mom?

Hi, Dr. Mona. Thank you so much for having me. I have been dealing a lot lately with

my daughter's tantrums, kind of escalating and evolving from the laying on the

floor, you know, and crying that she was doing, you know, around 12 months and

onto involving more aggressive behavior that we're just having a little bit of

trouble navigating. And this is stuff that is really important to talk about

because one, many times parents feel like the tantrums start at two, but you just

said like at one, you started noticing some changes and you're like, we're

starting to see the tantrums early. I actually love talking about tantrums as

early as nine months because it's the basic principles that will go over that

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