My dd always has gone through phases of bad behaviour every so often, she's 3.5 and recently we've had a lot of shouting at us 'No, I will not do that' to anything, very obstructive and a tantrum that goes on an hour if she doesn't get her own way. She whines when not shouting & has stopped saying please and thank-you (she used to be very good at this). She's at nursery 4 days a week for 8.5 hours.
Any idea on reasonable daily behaviour management to improve things? We had an hour of screaming this morning because she refused to choose her clothes (she chooses every day) and then when we chose, refusing to put that on, saying she wanted to choose and then refusing to choose again etc. So eventually we had to threaten to give her favourite toy to a charity shop (taking it away temporarily did nothing) but I'm looking for advice on gradual ways to lessen the whining, shouting & obstruction. She always gets two choices and she makes all the unimportant decisions as we try and avoid these no-win situations. She's sleeping well at the moment so that's not a factor.
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3 yr old dd shouting at us, whinge-ing, daily - any tips?
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Gen35 · 17/03/2014 08:52
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