Oh Crap! I Have A Toddler: Tackling These Crazy Awesome Years-No Time-Outs Needed (2) (Oh Crap Parenting)

Oh Crap! I Have A Toddler: Tackling These Crazy Awesome Years-No Time-Outs Needed (2) (Oh Crap Parenting)

Product Description Real-world, from-the-trenches toddler parenting advice from the author of the bestselling Oh Crap! Potty Training. Toddlerscommonly defined as children aged between two and five years oldcan be a horribly misunderstood bunch. What most parents view as bad behavior is in fact just curious behavior. Toddlerdom is the age of individuation, seeking control, and above all, learning how the world works. But this misunderstanding between parents and child can lead to power struggles, tantrums, and even diminished growth and creativity. The recent push of early intellectualism coupled with a desire to make childhood magical has created a strange paradoxwe have three-year-olds with math and Mandarin tutors who dont know how to dress themselves and are sitting in their own poop. We are pushing the toddler mind beyond its limit but simultaneously keeping them far below their own natural capabilities. In the frank, funny, and totally authentic Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler, social worker Jamie Glowacki helps parents work through what she considers the five essential components of raising toddlers: Engaging the toddler mind Working with the toddler body Understanding and dealing with the toddler behavior Creating a good toddler environment You, the parent Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler is about doing more with lessand bringing real childhood back from the brink of over-scheduled, over-stimulated, helicopter parenting. With her signature down-and-dirty, friend-to-friend advice, Jamie is here to help you experience the joy of parenting again and giving your childand yourselfthe freedom to let them grow at their own pace and become who they are. Review Glowacki brings a pragmatic attitude and plenty of experience with the two-to-four-year-old set to her useful guide to setting ones child up to be the best kid they can be. Her intuitive insights into toddler behavior and skill in pulling practicable takeaways from these insights make her manual well worth any frazzled parents time. Publishers Weekly Glowackis approach is honest and straightforward In each chapter, she covers must-know details and backs them up with relatable examples. This is a perfect addition to parenting collections, where Glowackis previous book is likely still a popular checkout. Booklist Parents of toddlers will no doubt find this tome accessible and at times delightfully funny. A breezy and memorable read. Library Journal (starred review) Jamie Glowacki definitely has cred Her book offers plenty of sage advice in often amusing prose, backed up by examples of toddler dilemmas shes helped solve. Her recommendations may challenge your instincts or long-held beliefs, but she offers solid evidence for encouraging risky play, allowing kids to sometimes work out their own rules and issues, and making space for physicality and something she calls Big Play She offers a well-reasoned toolbox of effective alternatives [to time-outs] to address those tricky toddler meltdowns, and by gum, she has me completely convinced. Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler is exactly the book I wish Id had when my kids were that age. BookPage Praise forOh Crap! Potty Training Jamie Glowacki tells it like it is. She is the real deal. Her advice will give you confidence, motivation, and have you laughing. [ Oh Crap! Potty Training] is a book I will recommend again and again. Alanna McGinn, Founder of Good Night Sleep Site Most of us think of potty training in the top 10 of Crappiest Chores of Parenting. But check it out! It doesnt have to be with Jamies Oh Crap! Potty Training. Straight up, parent tested, and funny to boot, Jamie gives you all the information you need. You must own this book. And read it. Amber Dusick, author ofParenting: Illustrated with Crappy Pictures About the Author Jamie Glowacki is an internationally recognized potty training and parenting expert. Her two former career