Going crazy with my own kids!!!

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Hi ladies, I am in the same boat! Yes, I think we need a support group for Parent-Providers

Mine is 22 months and as Toronto kids experienced being tougher with him only backfired... He started acting out at about 18 mos. What worked for me was acknowledging his feelings and other children's who he used to hit (he now understands what sad, in pain, etc means and can recognize it almost all the time)...I also followed the advice given in this site of getting him his own space in the house with his own toys and that helped too. We have been working for long time in waiting turns (for him and everybody else, of course). He got it now, but the younger ones are still sometimes trying to "steal" toys away which get him frustrated. He now takes toys back or say "no" when somebody with the intention of taking a toy away is about to do it, but he is not being aggressive anymore. The say "pick your battles" has helped a lot, too!