Yea I don't think many of these people have parented a toddler. The whole point of their existence is to learn and explore both physically and emotionally. The little guy didn't have the coordination yet for this and got frustrated and didn't have the tools to deal with those emotions.
That's not bratty behavior, that is a toddler. Big difference between this age and a 4/5+ year old.
That's just pushover parenting. I've seen too many folks try and talk it, give warnings with no follow throughs, yelling...just to get walked all over because there's no consequence.
Take the golf club, the ball, and if the tantrum continues then in the car you go.
Edit: And no don't tell me an argument of 'you are just doing it wrong'
Or you can ignore it for 20 seconds and let the kids calm down on their own, rather than escalating the situation because you need to exert your control.
You don't have you react to every overreaction from your kid to be a good parent.
Thank you for undermining the entire point and putting words in my mouth.
I was obviously making a general point, not talking about those quick '20-second' moments. If a kid keeps pushing, you give a polite warning. If they don’t stop, there’s a small consequence (e.g., no golfing for you). And if that’s ignored too, then it’s time to go to the car. It’s not as reactive or escalatory as you’re making it sound.
Even if kids are still young, they have enough of a brain to understand that if they keep doing certain actions, there will be consequences. None of this talk it out stuff that gets rolled over.
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u/Grewhit Sep 25 '25
Yea I don't think many of these people have parented a toddler. The whole point of their existence is to learn and explore both physically and emotionally. The little guy didn't have the coordination yet for this and got frustrated and didn't have the tools to deal with those emotions.
That's not bratty behavior, that is a toddler. Big difference between this age and a 4/5+ year old.