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CarlaMarie
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Posted: June 23 2008 at 9:45pm | IP Logged Quote CarlaMarie
Can anyone offer advice about how to deal with my son's "short fuse" when it comes to his toys and play? He is 22 mos old, and is rather advanced verbally as far as I can tell, but I think his fine motor skills don't add up to what he thinks he should be able to do.

Sometimes he plays happily on his own with small toys (little construction men who sit in a truck), puzzles, trains, etc, but if something goes wrong (the man falls out of the truck or won't sit up straight, the train won't drive the direction he wants) he starts to screech and wail and throw the toy across the room.

Is this normal? I feel like I don't see other children getting so quickly frustrated with things. Perhaps it is a personality thing, but it can't be helpful for future life so I'd like to start guiding him in a more patient direction now...

I've taken two approaches:
1) Stop what I'm doing, encourage him to not to screech, to try again what he was doing. I try not to "fix" whatever was wrong, figuring this would be counterproductive and not teach him that he is capable of resolving his "struggles" on his own.

2) Ignore it. Often he's started just abandoning what was making him mad and going to other activities, but sometimes he works himself up so that he's not just screeching, he's really crying and emotionally distraught.

Any ideas/suggestions? Any activities that might promote greater patience and/or "trying it again" without tears?

Thanks!
Carla
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