A mother grapples with her spirited three-year-old's recent erratic behavior, including anger and impulsivity. Compassionate parenting is emphasized as a key approach to address these challenges. The discussion highlights the emotional struggles children face, particularly during activities like music class. Tips for creating a nurturing environment and understanding the roots of impulsive behavior are shared, fostering empathy and emotional growth in kids.
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Understanding Unreasonable Behavior
Unreasonable behavior in children stems from emotional impulses and perceived threats, not logic.
Parents often mistakenly respond with reason, which can escalate the situation.
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Responding to Dysregulation
Strive to understand your child's perspective and accept their behavior as their best attempt in that moment.
Respond with empathy and a desire to help, rather than with reason or punishment.
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A Case of Erratic Behavior
A parent describes her 3-year-old son's erratic behavior, including screaming, throwing things, and disrupting a music class.
The son's behavior changes drastically throughout the day, alternating between emotional outbursts and moments of seeming calm.
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A mother reaches out to Janet because her 3-year old's behavior has recently become erratic and unpleasant, and she’s struggling to make sense of it. She writes that her boy is strong-willed, smart, kind, high energy and wonderful to be around. But lately he's quick to anger, throws things, screams NO to simple requests, is pushy with his younger sister and gets easily overwhelmed when disappointed. He even behaved wildly and disruptively in a weekly music class he normally enjoys. Janet offers some basic guidelines for responding that she believes can be applied to almost every kind of behavior concern parents face. She hopes you find this helpful!
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