Totville: Toddler Activities

This is a question that keeps coming up from friends around me. Although I am not a tantrum expert, I can speak from parental experience.
Some tantrums are due to the fact (I think, anyway) that Nugget can’t communicate what she wants. In some cases (like not wearing a bib or sitting in the high chair), […]

The other day, Nugget was at the sitter’s house and holding 4 crayons while coloring happily in her book.
The 3-year-old boy wanted some of her crayons. He tried to get one. She held them all firecely and said, “Peaaaaase!” (Please!)
He got frustrated and told the babysitter that Nugget would not let him have any crayons. […]