Why do 2-year-olds not listen?

Why do 2-year-olds not listen?

A mother told me once that her 2 year-old daughter purposefully does what she asks her not to. The mother asked me to suggest tricks that can make her child listen. We want to believe that only a quick word-change, a tricky strategy tool, is what we need to win. For...
This is why saying “don’t” will not work

This is why saying “don’t” will not work

What is so hard about understanding “Don’t”? We ask our children nicely not to do something, but they do it anyway. They might stop for a sec but then will restart again… It is easy to think they literally just don’t care about what we say however it’s not that...