Avoid Invalidating Your Toddler's Experience

Todlers are really emotional as you know, they're not logical. Adult logic isn't what's important during a tantrum, but feeling respected and understood is. We often unknowingly tell toddlers not to trust their own experience or feelings. And we do this when we say things like, there's nothing to be upset about. Or by saying, don't cry. Here let me give you an example. Three-year-old Katie worked really hard building a Lego tower and she was really proud of it. But unfortunately Lulu whose tail was wagging crazily knocked the tower over. Well Katie just collapsed and she started to scream as if she'd been knocked down. Her mom

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