We're making progress on that front, too. If she's un-tired enough to not lose it completely, she will more and more often say, "It made me sad because [reason]." Which is obviously very preferable. I'm back to using some of the "Happiest Toddler" techniques which never worked for us when she was younger, but she does seem to respond well to "I understand; you're feeling angry because..." (this weekend it would have been "I told you you had to put on your shoes to go in the [splinter-riddled] climber."
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Date: 2009-06-15 12:40 pm (UTC)