Scripts For Toddlers: Raising Toddlers Who Cooperate
Your toddler won't cooperate and you're exhausted. The mindset shift that changes how you handle it, and what you're actually building when you do, with exact scripts
This Week’s Scenario
You're getting ready to head out and your toddler does not want to put their coat on. It doesn't matter that it's cold. It doesn't matter that you can see their breath in the air. They want what they want right now, which is to not wear the coat. You could force it. You've done it before. But you're also trying to do something harder, which is to start, even now, at this age, laying the groundwork for a child who understands why, not just a child who obeys when you make them.
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Raising Toddlers Who Cooperate: What Actually Works
In this episode:
1. Why slowing down to explain things to a toddler is one of the most important and hardest things you can do.
2. What to do when the same explanation stops working
3. Why the goal at this age was never immediate compliance.
Scripts
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