Defiance in 3-Year-Olds (A Mistake Parents Make)

About this episode

Lisa discusses defiance in 3-year-olds and common parenting mistakes related to this age group.

#167 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on defiance from 3-year-olds. She covers how parenting shifts from toddlers to children, the mistakes she believes parents make for this age, passing over more control as children grow, and whether or not some children are naturally more defiant than others. Lastly, Lisa addresses eight listener questions, discussing what to do when a 3-year-old is destructive when playing outside, how to handle defiance and not listening from a 3-year-...

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Bunnage

Topics covered

• defiance
• parenting
• 3-year-olds
• child development
• listener questions

Keywords

• defiance
• parenting mistakes
• 3-year-olds
• child behavior
• listener questions

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