Navigating Toddler Emotions Effectively

Your toddler's meltdown isn't a discipline problem, it's a communication crisis you're misreading.

Most parents try to stop tantrums when they should be teaching emotional vocabulary instead.

When your three year old throws blocks across the room, they're not being

defiant. They're drowning in feelings they can't name yet. Get down to their

eye level and become their emotion translator. Say it out loud for them. You look really

frustrated that tower keeps falling. You seem angry your brother took that toy.

This simple narration gives them the words they desperately need. Now here's where

parents mess up. They rush to fix the problem or punish the behavior. Don't.