I am reminded of a day long ago - my friend, the single mother of a two year old, came to work cranky as hell. When I asked her what was wrong she explained ot me that her son had just figured out he could control some things in his life. that morning he had insisted he wanted to wear his aqua socks (remember those:?) to school.
She was used to a compliant 1 1/2 year old, and not used to morning battles over clothing. Now her son is 8. She lets him choose his clothes. Its much easier that way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Kids Re: woo hoo > My 2.5 year old (Shemaryahu) is in the same thing. Headstrong, very set in his > ways. You tell him something and he'll argue the point with you! (he's about a > year advanced in his speech ability despite having some low muscle tone in the > mouth area). I believe that the 2-3 age range is where the child gets their > sense of self as a separate entity and gets belligerent about doing it there > way. I should really pull out all my old child psych books. I'm sure Hinda > Tova's being mean to Moshe is just her expressing dominance or the like. > Ah, for psychology where everything is nicely labeled. :) > > > > > > > > I have a 5 year old son (just turned monday) who is an > > > absolutely amazing boy. But at that age there is one phrase > > > that seems to fit his behaviour "Lack of impulse control". > > > Even the threat of spankings only minimalized the bad > > > behaviour at school. It seems to me to be a phase that we > > > just have to live through. I can control his actions at home, > > > but at school, well you know.... > > > > > > > My three year old is going through it as well. Not so much violent, but > > _very_ much in the 'talk back' mode. I've already described how my 1.8 > > year old is a demon as well. I wonder what the third one is going to be > > like? (Coming home as soon as INS decides he isn't a terrorist.) > > > > -rc > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
