Dd2 is often lovely, funny, affectionate, sweet. But often she is very very destructive (tearing pages out of books, destroying dd1's toys), defiant (doing things deliberately and in open view that she knows she shouldn't do) and violent (she pinches, bites, hits dd1 and sometimes pulls out whole fistfuls of hair). Dd1 has never once been aggressive towards dd2, but dd2 is extremely jealous, always worried about not getting her turn or her share. It's driving me crazy and making me sad and I feel so sorry for dd1 who bears the brunt of it all. How can I stop her? I try to use the naughty step, but she doesn't care at all. Today she destroyed dd1's alice band, then she bit her finger, I put her on the naughty step twice and made it very clear that I was very, very angry and unhappy. Then it was time to get her dressed, and what did she say, with a big smile? "Me happy girl!"
She is very articulate and understands everything, so why doesn't it get through to her?
What can I do?
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How can I tame my destructive, violent two-year-old?
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emkana · 01/08/2005 14:46
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