My toddlers behaviour is impulsive and aggressive, is that normal?
All toddlers to some extent will show aggressive and impulsive behaviour. It’s part of being a normal toddler, because it takes them a long time to understand that other people have needs. They just see themselves as the center of the universe and the most important person. It takes years to learn that they should share and be kind to other people, so while they’re learning that, of course they push other children over, they kick children, and they snatch things from them. But from their point of view developmentally, that is still normal behaviour. Of course, parents should gradually be trying to teach about the fact that you have to be kind to others, you don’t hurt other people, why all that’s important. But you have to be realistic. It’s really about 3-plus before those messages start to sink in.
