Keeping Tough Behavior In Perspective: Bullies In The Workplace, And Toddlers
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Watching GMA today, I couldn’t believe my eyes. The “Bullying In The Workplace” story that I blogged about recently was given a major amount of morning air time. And, I can see why. The piece they ran on www.abcnews.com two weeks ago has received over 100 comments and those comments are very telling about just how prevalent and intense this issue is. The time has come that we take a stand against all bullies.
On the other end of the age spectrum, we have toddlers. That cute group of very active children who adore and frustrate their parents at the same time. This group can charm one minute and infuriate the next! Toddlers are skilled climbers and scalers of furniture and parents often secretly wish for an “off switch”. And, toddlers are infamous for temper tantrums that can occur often and without warning.
This phase starts when a toddler hits 2 years of age and winds down around 4, hence the name “terrible 2’s and 3’s”, or “two terrible years” as some parents will describe.
If you are a parent of a toddler, you need to read this article by WebMD. Entitled, “Moms, Tots Argue 20 Times An Hour”, it certainly is an attention grabber. Interesting study because part of the study was done in a lab where conflict was set-up by researchers and part of the study was done in the family’s home. In the article, WebMD reports, “Those conflicts were more likely to get resolved without major drama if the kids had a good relationship with their mother and weren’t especially temperamental, active, or impulsive, according to surveys completed by the moms.” Just goes to reinforce not only the importance of the parent-child bond but the normalcy of the clashing of wills that occurs during this developmental stage.
Difficult behaviors occur in all populations but at least with toddlers we can say they are still developing and cut them some slack. Adult bullies are a very different story. They don’t get cut any slack for any reason and have to be stopped. And, the sooner the better.
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