My two year old daughter refuses to listen to me, what can I do?

My 2 yr. old has no problem listening to her step-dad, but when I tell her to do something she acts like she can't hear me. Or worse yet yells gibberish at me and screams no. Which is troubling because she really is a sweet, sweet child. When it comes to discipline we use time out, and when I put her there she gets back out and goes right back to what she was doing without missing a beat. It is starting to cause problems with me and my husband. He hates that I get so upset at the fact that I can talk until I am blue in the face and she won't listen. Are there any helpful hints to try and get her to listen to me as well as him?

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When my daughter was that age, I used to sit in a room with her for time out. When she is throwing fits and screaming "no" at you, mimic her back.

My daughter would act up in the store. It only took me twice to put a stop to it. She began to yell and scream in front of everyone, I turned to her and copied her screaming. Needless to say everyone will stare at you, but children do not like to be embarrassed.

You have to put your foot down. If she cries and screams and refuses to listen, ignore her. Let her cry herself to sleep. A mistake that I have witnessed people make is to give into their children, when all the child is doing is trying to get their way.

When she learns that crying and screaming will not give her the attention that she needs, she will stop. I know that it is hard; my daughter is 6 now, but try not to yell at her for the time being. She will learn that she has to respect you too.

Even though people may say that they are too young to understand, wrong, children learn very early how to manipulate a person or situation and how to push your buttons.

Spank that azz before the time out

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My two year old daughter refuses to listen to me, what can I do?

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