Parenting Tips for Your 35-36 Month Old Toddler
Are you really listening to your toddler? Sometimes young children feel that instead of listening to them, their parents mostly interrupt, instruct, advise, or criticize. They are often right! This can lead to misunderstanding, stress, and anger. Children whose parents don’t listen to them can feel that they and their ideas are not very important.
Check yourself: Do you talk back before you listen? If so, try active listening. Active listening is trying hard to hear and understand the other person without interrupting, jumping to conclusions, judging, preaching, or getting mad. It means showing respect for the other person and her ideas, even if you don’t agree with them. It means waiting until others have finished before saying anything.
Listening is a vital part of the good communication you want to have with your child. It takes patience and practice to develop good listening skills, but try it. You may find your conversations with your child easier and less stressful. As an extra reward, your child may imitate your good example and start listening more to what you have to say.
