1. Tell why young children need daily love and attention from mothers and fathers.
2. Demonstrate talking with and listening to your child, even when tired or upset.
3. Describe the benefits of attending to your child’s needs every day.
4. Demonstrate how to comfort a child.
5. Demonstrate three ways to encourage bonding with a child.
6. Describe why it’s not OK to hit, shake, or pull on a child.
7. Hug your child each day.
8. Demonstrate at least three ways to play and have fun with a child.
9. Read each day to your child.
10. Name and provide appropriate books and toys.
11. Name three ways to build responsibility.
12. Name three ways to build self esteem.
13. Describe three ways to be a loving authority figure.
14. Demonstrate responding with empathy to hurts and disobedience.
15. Demonstrate three ways to effectively stop family arguments.

Activities:

Love and Logic    Decision Making    Build the Self Concept    Share the Control    Empathy    Share the Thinking    Bonding    Hugs    Self-Concept    Give Them the Gift of Thinking    Turning Misbehavior into Wisdom    Don't Wait Until They're Teenagers    Neutralizing Familiy Arguments    The Power of Chores

PAYA    Module 5: Children Ages 2 Through 5    Module 5: Children Ages 2 Through 5 - Stimulations

What To Expect    Toddler - Reading    Toddler - Hugging    Toddler - Providing Comfort    Toddler - Self Esteem Building    Toddler - Decision Making    Toddler - Chores    Toddler - Playing With Child

Web Resources    Girls and Boys Town    The American Academy of Pediatrics