Teach a Toddler to Follow Directions Without Losing Your Sanity

It doesn't matter how many times I hear my friend tell her three year old daughter what to do, she still does not follow directions. I study children and the way that they learn mainly because I enjoy seeing them reach milestones in their life and being able to say that I helped create that or that I know someone probably had a hand in them reaching those milestones. For a toddler to follow directions it requires a skill that they may have not yet learned to master. There are the ups and downs that come with teaching a toddler to follow directions and there are times when even I want to pull out my hair and run in the house screaming but I have mastered on thing along with my child and this is what it takes to get a toddler to follow directions.

The terrible twos actually falls into the age group of between two and a half and three years of age. What is known as the terrible twos is when a child reaches the age of wanting to be dependant even though they don't know the boundaries in which they step. It is our job as parents to teach them those boundaries and to help them master the steps that they take in life. Getting a toddler to follow directions can be complicated but what in life isn't and this is one step in your journey through parenthood that you will enjoy once it is over.

I give them directions but they don't follow