I've just comeback from an utterly cringeworthy situation and I'd really appreciate some advices from those who've been through the toddler meltdowns and behavioural issues or those also going through it. Sorry if it gets a bit long ...
My ds is 3 in March. He is genuinely a bright, warm and pleasant little boy 90% of the time and I love him incredibly. However, over the last few months he has really started to push boundaries. Today we'd been invited to a small birthday tea for a 1 year old. I took my ds1 and ds2 (21 months). My ds 1 decided to dominate all of the cars, push away any other children who were interested and then when chastised he screamed at the top of his voice for what seemed like forever. He was acting like a bully and many of the other children were younger which made things really hard. He was also being aggressive and tried to hit once or twice. I tried to distract him with other toys and explained he must share before telling him off but he was screaming and uncontrollable. It got to a point where I decided to take him home as I didn't want the party ruined. We live in a small military community and wherever we go we see the same group of Mums and children. I could feel all of their judgemental, pitying eyes on me as I tried to wrestle my ds1's coat on. I made him apologise to any children he'd pushed or shouted at and the general group before we left. My poor ds2 also had to leave, which I felt bad about as he was as good as gold. Did I act in the right way? I feel very sad as ds1 can be such a good boy that I don't want him excluded from parties / group play dates due to his behaviour. He let himself down. I have tried the naughty step, explaining until I'm blue in the face, taking toys away etc - what else can I do to get him to stop misbehaving in a group situation? He just wants to dominate toys and gets aggressive.
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Advice on how to discipline a stubborn toddler
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Lottystar · 04/02/2014 16:44
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