Your Two-Year-Old Book

	Foreword	xi
	Let me go (hold me tight)! Your two-year-old's quest for independence	1
	Developmental Milestone: A sense of ownership	7
	Your two-year-old's favorite word	8
	Conflict: Independence versus ability	9
	You and Your Child: How your child's independence affects you	11
	Helping Your Child Grow: Nurturing independence	15
	Toys and activities to enhance your child's independence	20
	Listen to me! Your two-year-old's communication skills	22
	Developmental Milestone: Building language	23
	Discovering the power of language	24
	Conflict: Getting the word out	27
	Language and learning	28
	You and Your Child: Sharing communication	31
	Patience pays off	33
	The value of language in your relationship	36
	Language timetables	37
	Helping Your Child Grow: Aiding communication	38
	Toys to enhance your child's language	42
	Watch me learn! Your two-year-old's intellectual growth	44
	Developmental Milestone: Play with a purpose	45
	The role of physical development in learning	47
	The use of routines	48
	Why ask "why?"	51
	Early math	52
	How make-believe play helps learning	52
	Conflict: The limits of understanding	54
	You and Your Child: Keeping up with each other	56
	The "natural" way to increase your child's knowledge	59
	Helping Your Child Grow: Adding to your child's discoveries	60
	My many moods: Your two-year-old's emotional development	65
	Developmental Milestone: The beginning of empathy	67
	Oh, those mood swings!	68
	Anger and jealousy	71
	Conflict: Handling emotions	74
	You and Your Child: How your child's moods offect you	75
	Helping Your Child Grow: Giving your child an emotional vocabulary	78
	Cutting down on angry outbursts	80
	Counteracting jealousy	82
	Books about feelings	83
	How I view the world: Your two-year-old's personality	85
	Developmental Milestone: The emergence of personality	86
	The easy child	87
	The slow-to-warm-up child	88
	The challenging child	90
	The active child	91
	Conflict: Pleasing you and still being herself	92
	Setting up playdates for your two-year-old	94
	You and Your Child: How your temperaments work together	98
	You and your easy child	99
	You and your slow-to-warm-up child	99
	You and your challenging child	101
	You and your active child	103
	Helping Your Child Grow: Working with your child's personality	104
	The easy child	104
	The slow-to-warm-up child	105
	The challenging child	106
	The active child	109
	Why I act the way I do: Your two-year-old's behavior	111
	Developmental Milestone: Anticipating your reactions	112
	Who's in charge?	113
	Common misbehaviors	114
	Dawdling and whining	115
	Conflict: Being "good" but not knowing why	116
	You and Your Child: Determining what's important	117
	Handling your own anger	121
	Helping Your Child Grow: Disciplining effectively	122
	Establishing routines	123
	Choosing your battles	125
	Catching your child being good	127
	Fostering patience and delaying gratification	127
	Limiting misbehavior	128
	Dealing with dawdling	129
	Preventing whining	130
	Ending bedtime battles	132
	Taming tantrums	133
	Curbing aggressive behavior	135
	My fears and nightmares: What makes your two-year-old afraid	138
	Developmental Milestone: Understanding and imagination	139
	Where do fears come from?	140
	The nature of nightmares	141
	Conflict: Understanding fear	144
	You and Your Child: Your feelings about your child's fears	147
	Helping your child grow: Overcoming fears	149
	For nightmares or bedtime fears	152
	Making Halloween less scary	153
	How I relate to people: How your two-year-old interacts with others	155
	Developmental Milestone: Developing friendships	156
	Other important relationships	157
	Your child's relationship with you	160
	Conflict: Social graces versus emotional needs	161
	You and Your Child: Sharing your child	162
	Helping Your Child Grow: Enhancing his relationships	165
	Teaching your child to share	166
	Helping your two-year-old bond with a new sibling	171
	Building the connection with grandparents	173
	My body, my self: Your two-year-old's body and gender awareness	177
	Developmental Milestone: Noticing gender differences	178
	The body as factory	179
	Conflict: Choosing a gender identity	181
	Gender confusion and gender roles	183
	Haircuts without tears	183
	You and Your Child: Handling your feelings about masturbation	184
	Helping Your Child Grow: Laying the groundwork for sexual health	186
	Answering your child's questions	188
	Broadening your child's view of gender	190
	It's potty timel: Your two-year-old and toilet-learning	194
	Developmental Milestone: Your toddler's readiness for toilet-learning	194
	Conflict: Which urge to give in to?	196
	You and Your Child: Toilet-teaching without tears	198
	Be prepared for setbacks	199
	When to ease up	200
	Helping Your Child Grow: Toilet-teaching strategies	203
	If your older two-year-old is resistant	207
	Respect your child's uniqueness	209