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Between the ages of two and three, most children become more difficult to deal with. They seem to rebel against everything and basically only want to do what is forbidden. They cry all the time and even have screaming fits.<\/p>\n
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In two-year-old children, their personality and their own will develop faster than their ability to communicate this. They already know what they want, but are unable to communicate this sufficiently to their parents. When they realise that they are not being understood, they become frustrated. They can only express their frustration in a way that they have already learnt as a baby: Crying.<\/p>\n
A baby cries when something is wrong, then mum or dad come and deal with the baby, whereupon it forgets its grief, even if the actual problem has not been solved. Distraction usually works wonderfully for babies. However, at the age of two, the child doesn't forget what it just wanted so quickly and the distraction only works for a short time, if at all.<\/p>\n
The problem of frustration at not being understood is compounded by the fact that the child cannot yet understand the parents' reasons for not allowing them to do something. Children react sensitively to a negative response. The trick is to turn a negative response into something positive. For example, if the child wants chocolate and the parents think that the child has already eaten enough chocolate, they can ask the child back: \"Do you want chocolate?\" This lets the child realise that their wish has been understood, and that is the most important thing. After that, the parents must not say: \"No, you can't have any chocolate now.\" Instead, they can say: \"I'll give you some chocolate in a minute.\" In this way, the child is satisfied because the response to their attempt at communication was positive. This does not mean that you have to give in to the child's wishes. In fact, you can promise the child their chocolate and then distract them with a fun game until they have hopefully forgotten about the chocolate.
If this doesn't work, you can offer the child a substitute, but never using negative words. So you say \"You'll get your chocolate later, now I'll give you a biscuit\". Or even better, give them a choice of different options that they can eat. If the child is allowed to choose one of them, they feel that they have made the decision themselves.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
As the child has just started the learning phase of communicating with words and gestures, it is particularly sensitive to a negative reaction. If you turn the negative into something positive, it gets a good learning result. It's a bit like learning certain words. You show the child a picture of a dog and ask them: \"What is that?\" If the child answers \"cat\", it makes more sense for learning success not to respond with a \"no\". Instead, show them a picture of a cat and say: \"yes, that's a cat, and the other one here is a dog\".<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, dealing with a two-year-old child requires a great deal of patience and understanding. In the stress of everyday life, it is not always possible for parents to react in the best possible way. This is also quite normal, but parents will learn that a little patience can satisfy the child and prevent a crying fit. And finally, it is the crying and screaming that wears on the nerves the most. Ultimately, a satisfactory result is achieved for both sides, so it's worth swallowing your impatience and working together with your child.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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