“Terrible Twos” May Be Preventable With This Parenting Technique, Study Finds
” may be inevitable, one study looked at the link between a parenting technique called autonomy support at 14 months and behavioral issues at 24 months, finding that the two are linked., is a flexible method of parenting that places the emphasis on the child taking the lead on the task at hand. As they do this, parents are encouraged to watch their child and accordingly adjust how they may be responding to the task.
“We had some children who took two animal pieces from a wooden farm puzzle and started clapping them together, and making a game out of the fact that they made a clapping noise. Here, parents might respond by encouraging the child to make animal noises that match the animals being clapped together,” joint first author of the study Dr. Rory Devine, of the University of Birmingham’s School of Psychology, stated in a.
“It’s not about doing everything for your child, or directing their actions. It’s more of a to-and-fro between parent and child. Parents who do best at this can sit back and watch when they see their child succeeding with something, but increase support or adapt the task when they see the child struggling,” Professor Claire Hughes, deputy director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, and joint first author of the study also stated in the release.
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