Toddlers, Meltdowns and Brain Development: Why Parents Need to Ditch Traditional Discipline

Sometimes as adults, we have forgotten what it's like to be a toddler. 

Mainstream parenting focuses on modifying superficial behaviour and resorting to tactics like punishments, time-outs, threats, bribes and rewards under the justification that perpetuating a dominance hierarchy is somehow serving the greater good.

But, what if, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with our children? Nothing to be fixed. What if the problem is a lack of knowledge, understanding, and empathy within our society? And what if these techniques threaten to erode the ONLY influence you truly have with your child – your relationship.


Read the full article from Raised Good here.