"Boundaries" and "limits" are two words that every parent needs
to have in their vocabulary, just the same way that every child
knows the words "no" and "mine". It comes naturally to a toddler
to learn the word NO, and to shake their heads when they don't
want to eat the peas or take a bath or go to bed. Right after
NO, they somehow magically learn the word MINE, and life really
changes for parents. Now that sweet, precious toddler is
empowered and has the world on a string, or at least their
string. Very soon after your toddler learns their important
jargon, it is important that parents start enforcing age
appropriate limits and boundaries. A toddler running off from
their parent who is standing line at Starbucks looks very cute
with that impish smile of "are they going to get me?" But a
three or four year old who darts in and out of line, and not
paying any attention to others around them is not as cute. Where
are their parents who need to put them back in line with a firm,
"NO", and stop them from tearing