Reasons Why Toddlers May Be Defiant

Some people may say that being defiant is a part of being human. Yet, why toddlers are so good at being defiant at such an early age? There are numerous reasons why a toddler may be defiant. From testing limits, change in their lives, even to having a medical issue. On the other hand, there are even more ways for adults to help a toddler get through their defiant behaviors.
Reasons Why Toddlers May Be Defiant
Testing limits Toddlers are learning how to be independent and feel that they can do everything by themselves. They want to see what they can get away with. How far can they push the limits of the rules that are set before them? Toddlers are learning that they are having different thoughts and emotions from others around them. When they start to realize that they can have some control over their world, they want to test how much control they actually have and want to make their own choices.
Struggling with their own emotions and impulses Toddlers are learning that they are developing and going through a lot of emotions and impulses. However, they do not understand what to do with those emotions and impulses. Their brains and bodies are experiencing so many different things at once, it is hard for them to
Is it worth fighting about the toddler not wanting to put their socks on or that they want to wear their pajamas to the store? The adult must think about what it wants the final outcome to be. An example would be if the toddler wanted to sleep on the floor and not their bed at bedtime. The adult needs to thinks if it cares where the child sleeps as long as it takes a nap and is safely doing so. If the adult does not care, then that is a battle not worth having. However, if the child wanted to sleep on a high bookshelf, knowing that is not safe, then that would be a battle to have with the