⭐️When you teach your toddler that their actions matter, you are planting the seeds to have a teenager and an adult who is clear, confident and takes action. ♥️Double tap if you want to raise a child who SPEAKS UP when something is uncomfortable/ unfair/ unsafe for themselves or others? ⁣ ➡️It starts with you.⁣ 😫If your toddler just bit you, speak up. “Ouch, biting hurts.” It might feel uncomfortable to speak up. It might be easier in the moment to say, “ Oh, you silly goose!” but then you would be distracting them from the real issue at hand. 📢We want our children to speak up for themselves, right? ⁣ You want them to speak up for others, right?⁣ This is how they learn. ⁣ 🙉Don’t tell them they are silly and then giggle if what you really mean is that you are embarrassed and you wish they’d stop lifting your dress in the supermarket.⁣ 🛑Stop tiptoeing around your child and say what you mean.  Speak kindly and truthfully, but ⁣speak up and say what you mean. ⁣ 👀Show them how to stan...