Tag Archive 'toddler'

One word: Distraction. It’s one of the best lessons I ever learned from my kids’ paternal grandmother. Toddlers have notoriously short attention spans. They also have very few resources from which to draw to know how to effectively and calmly express their emotions. The result? A little person with unpredictable moods and unstable actions. Distraction [...]

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My little tornado

He wends his way through the house, disaster trailing his small frame; Legos and blocks are scattered down the stairs, various food containers are open with the contents strewn all over the kitchen, Scotch tape is lining my office floors, there’s toothpaste smeared on the sink, floor and toilet, a soaking wet roll of toilet [...]

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