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Misbehavior is Growth: An Observant Parent's Guide to the Toddler Years
Dealing with a toddler can be a worrisome experience. In some ways, babies are easier. Sure, babies are relentlessly demanding, but you mostly do what you have to. With a toddler, big questions arise. Does their newly rambunctious behavior need corrected? Is it just a stage? What approaches are effective? Misbehavior is Growth can help.
This work documents the age-related “stages” children go through. It is times when children “act up,” but on the other side of this behavior is an astonishing burst of new ability. Their brain was going through an “upgrade.” This book covers the ages from 18 months to 3 years old (ending at 3). During this timeframe, there is a new milestone about every month!
This book features the popular work as found on The Observant Mom plus more. At each milestone are conflict resolution ideas, as well as educational activities to nurture the growth. The idea behind Misbehavior is Growth is that the demanding behavior is an instinctual call from the child for an adult to come to them at a developmentally critical time. Don’t “ignore” go to them. It’s not “just” a it’s growth!
Toddlers explode in language comprehension, the use of symbols, making deliberate decisions, creativity, imagination, and, eventually, short-term planning and following instructions. These new developments come rapidly, in seismic shifts. Meltdowns, possessiveness, bossiness, and rigidity are guaranteed! Let Misbehavior is An Observant Parent’s Guide to the Toddler Years be your month-by-month guide!
This work documents the age-related “stages” children go through. It is times when children “act up,” but on the other side of this behavior is an astonishing burst of new ability. Their brain was going through an “upgrade.” This book covers the ages from 18 months to 3 years old (ending at 3). During this timeframe, there is a new milestone about every month!
This book features the popular work as found on The Observant Mom plus more. At each milestone are conflict resolution ideas, as well as educational activities to nurture the growth. The idea behind Misbehavior is Growth is that the demanding behavior is an instinctual call from the child for an adult to come to them at a developmentally critical time. Don’t “ignore” go to them. It’s not “just” a it’s growth!
Toddlers explode in language comprehension, the use of symbols, making deliberate decisions, creativity, imagination, and, eventually, short-term planning and following instructions. These new developments come rapidly, in seismic shifts. Meltdowns, possessiveness, bossiness, and rigidity are guaranteed! Let Misbehavior is An Observant Parent’s Guide to the Toddler Years be your month-by-month guide!
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225 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 12, 2018
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July 7, 2020
Wish I had this book when I was raising toddlers! This is a must read for any parent new to the journey of parenting. Makes for an excellent baby shower gift!
November 22, 2022
really useful framework for breaking down stages of tantrums. I continue to come back to this book. Not useful as an exact chronological in terms of stages. I noted some parts in my own child developing at different times then described in book but if you just search for where your own kid is at it is great. I think her honesty and passion for chronicalling not only milestone within "misbehavior" but also her strait forward methods of guiding/ helping have been invaluable.
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