Re: Toddler tempers

On 18 Dec 2005 04:35:11 -0800, "RichardM" <richard_mowatt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>"ME TOO!" Got to love those posts.
>
>After doing alittle research (googling it!) I think you may be right.
>
>Taken from: http://www.drgreene.com/21_1104.html
>
>"Typically, healthy toddlers don't seriously injure themselves with
>this habit. Pain prevents them from banging too hard, but even if it
>didn't, children under 3 don't generate enough force to cause brain
>damage or neurologic problems. The front or front/side of the head is
>the most frequently struck. A toddler's head is built to take all of
>the minor head trauma that is a normal part of learning to walk and
>climb. Healthy infants and toddlers who are head-bangers grow up to be
>coordinated and completely normal children."
>
>I'd still find it very difficult not to intervene if a toddler was head
>banging.

The problem is that *intervening* may make it go on longer. In
general, when you pay attention to tantrums, you teach your child
that when they tantrum they get the attention they want.

Better to ignore the tantrum and work on giving positive attention
when your child is playing nicely or cooperating with you or with
other children.


--
Dorothy

There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..

The Outer Limits
.

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