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[quote=Anonymous]If you said he was 8 my response would be different but at 2-3 i find  modeling the appropriate response rather than immediately reprimanding typically works best. Especially if it’s the first time they do something “out of character”. While your response wasn’t necessarily wrong imo, it also didn’t teach him anything.

At this age it’s often lack of knowledge about how you expect them to behave and less malicious intent imo. I’d say thanks for letting me know you need help but when you need help with something this is how you should ask (use age appropriate/natural language) then role play once or twice and fix the toy.

I’d avoid drawing too much attention to the fact that he yelled the first time and spend more time praising him after you practice and he does it like you prefer. Remember it might not be perfect either, he’s still learning, so as long as the “practice” run is better than what you got the first time (yelling and inappropriate), praise the attempt and expect better the first time the next time. For something like asking for help which is an important life skill you might need to create situations where he needs help and practice with him (not all at once just when you think about it) so he has a chance to practice lots and learn it young.

I think many times parents expect perfection but forget the part where we have to teach them things in small steps.  Be consistent, model kindness, and save “discipline “ for things that have been taught and he’s clearly just acting out so to speak. And be kind to yourself, parenting is hard work.[/quote]

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