I’m not sure if you’re teaching the kid coping techniques, or the kid is teaching you coping techniques. Whatever your traditional method is, my point is that there is no one solution to toddlers crying. Indeed, sometimes there isn’t one! Most parents will recognize when a child is in pain, or tired, angry or bored by the tone of the cry, and will adjust response accordingly. In this case, ignoring may very well be a good way to teach coping techniques, if the toddler cry is the method used to “distract Daddy and make him pay attention to me with that word game”.
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