Being the parent of a toddler is not easy, if it’s your first or your third, toddlers have a way of turning your expectations upside down and running you up and down an emotional rollercoaster.. so how do we deal with our children’s developmental needs, raise emotionally intelligent children while keeping them safe and us as parents sane!
The early years of a child’s life are an a time of amazing growth development and change but this can be a really difficult time for parents with challenges coming from highly strung very emotional toddlers who seem to be expert at pushing all their parents buttons!
It’s not surprising that 10% of parents question the behaviour of their child under 18 months of age, 20% at 18 months to three years and a further 34% are concerned about behaviour when their child is 4-5 years old. Decoding a child’s behaviour also means understanding their development and growth and with more than 20 years of experience working with children and families Senior Clinical Psychologist Dr Anna Cohen has written a book called ‘Parenting Made Easy: The Early Years’ offering a very helpful range of ‘tricks’ to manage young children.
