Using a new three step "TAG" or Toddler ABC Guide© for decreasing unwanted toddler behavior, parents, grandparents and caregivers can finally end the emotional tug of war (discipline, guilt, discipline, guilt...great balls of fire, just throw us a Prozac™!) - and learn how to make toddlers happy, balanced and loving. Behaviors such as "Toddler Biting", "Toddler Hitting", "Screaming" or "Toddler Tantrums" can happen for many reasons – sensory stimulation, communication, frustration, etc. – but if you want results, we have to figure out why.

Take a tiny bit of time up front, soak in the new "TAG" method explained in Life with Toddlers, then it's easy. And hey, if you're now an official member of the Toddler Bite Club, don't fret. We're all members, girlfriend!

The Toddler ABC Guide©, as explained in Life With Toddlers, will teach you how to set up an environment of trust, security and control. Toddlers need a structured, consistent environment to feel safe and happy. And I’m telling you, if you focus and raise your toddler correctly, by the time your kid hits about four years old, you should be totally home free.

If you are NOT home free by four and the behavior just gets worse, it’s time to set up that trust, security, and control QUICK! The bigger they get, if you don’t have control, it can make your life miserable! If you think it’s bad now, ooh honey. You haven’t even seen ugly! Picture them at six, still kicking and screaming. Not good! Fortunately, when parents use the right tools, they can change their child's behavior - quickly and dramatically.

Need More Convincing? You'll find the secrets to effective toddler communication inside Life With Toddlers. Toddlers begin talking at different rates. Some early, some late. This is all normal. But until they can talk, they must have a method of communicating wants and needs.

The child in this video is your totally normal, average toddler - just not talking yet. Sign language helps her to communicate her needs.

We must have a system of communication with our toddlers or the frustration will knock you flat. My suggestion is that you start with a set of very simple and basic sign language so that your child can at least tell you when they’re tired, hungry, finished, want more...etc. It is absolutely amazing how much a BABY knows and cannot tell you because they can’t talk! When they can let you know what they’re thinking, it really cuts the tantrums and frustration.

Some suggested first signs are: milk, more, finished, sleep, eat, help, binky/pacifier, bath.

Under communication, we also need to factor in our instructions to our kids – do they understand and can they actually DO what we ask? This falls into the TAG method – we must be clear with our instructions to our kids.

Stop that really means "sit quietly in your chair" or "quiet bottom, quiet feet"

About the Toddler ABC Guide to Discipline:

Great balls of fire! Are you tired, or what? Tired of yelling. Tired of being yelled AT. Tired of tantrums, hitting, kicking, whining, fussing, biting, fighting, refusing to sleep...when does it end? When do they stop smacking siblings or running from us in the mall? When do WE get to start enjoying how cute and sweet they are? When do we get to SLEEP?!

Honey, I hear you. You are exhausted, have no time, and no idea where to start. Good news - this is your quick reference on loving discipline. If you've only got five minutes a day to flip through this book, that five minutes can change your life! Learn the inside, professional techniques on how to stop problem behavior in one to four year-olds, and turn your life around. Whether you are a single parent, a parent with little or no support from your spouse, a grandma, aunt, a traveling parent - it doesn't matter. You can still open up the secrets to loving discipline and stop the nonsense.

You will learn:
	The 3 step ABC method to change unwanted behavior QUICK
	How to eliminate the cycle of negative attention
	The Five Basics to good behavior
	How to meet needs to keep kids happy, healthy, and balanced
and much, much more!

Michelle Smith is a Speech-Language Pathologist and mother of three. She has a Masters Degree in Communication Disorders and has worked with a wide range of toddler behavior issues, covering the spectrum from those with simple speech impairments to those with profound brain damage. Commingling her professional skills and personal experience, she truly understands the awesome task of balancing love and guidance. 

Teaming up with Dr. Rita Chandler, a Nationally Certified expert in behavior, Michelle decodes the technical aspect of steps to improving problem behavior, but stays devoted to teaching discipline techniques with the emotions of caregivers in mind.

Dr. Rita Chandler holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology with a focus on Early Childhood Special Education. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst specializing in Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) for young children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders.

Dr. Chandler works as a collaborating partner at Autism Behavior Consultants of Oklahoma, providing autism and behavioral consulting and training to individuals, school districts, and state agencies. She is an expert in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), a highly specialized and successful technique for changing human behavior.