The terrible twos are here!!!

Luckily this wasn't a period in my children's lives that was really difficult for us. The main reason that I don't think that we had a lot of trouble during the terrible twos was because of the fact that I made my children talk and use their words. You see, I tend to think that the main reason for the temper tantrums during the second full year of life is a communication gap. Children at that age are learning to talk but they don't always know how to express what they want. If you encourage your daughter to talk and teach her the words that she doesn't grasp right now, I suspect that her temper tantrum frequency will begin to go down.

AHHH - the terrible twos! LOL I remember those days! My son is 7 1/2 now... What I did with him worked well then and holds true now. Anytime he whined, yelled, carried on - I gave him a warning. If that didn't work, he was sent away from me. The warnings were "thats not how we ask/say/express..." If he continued, he was sent to his room with "when you're all done, then you can come see mommy." I always tried to let him figure out how to express himself, but I never allowed him to be disrespectful, and temper tantrums are just that. I told him, "you can say/ask/express anything to mom, but with respect!" So he'd go up to this room, cry, yell, throw himself on the bed, beat pillows... whatever... and when he was done, and ready to speak/act nicely, he could come see me. It rarely took more than a few minutes and it taught him an important mean of coping with his feelings. But the most important thing is, after his tantrum and he calmed down and apologized, it's vital that you respond right away and NEVER hold a grudge! Best of luck!

I had 4 boys, and yes they were naughty during that age like your daughter. But non of them really had tantrums. I guess, your kid is one hyper-active kid. This should slow done as she grows up. But a constant reminder or giving discipline on your daughter would really be helpful. What does she usually want when she screams? what are the activities that she likes to involve with?

i know as a mother u must be very much tensed about your teenage daughter and trust me many parents around the world face such issues in handling their teenage children. They find themselves helpless in front of their tantrums. In fact i fail to understand how such children forget that they r misbehaving with their parents which is very much wrong.