Showing love and support to a toddler is very important when disciplining a toddler and this makes the whole process very difficult for parents.  To make it easier, parents should structure the rules so that the toddlers understand them and do not find them too difficult to follow.  Parents will set certain limits and most toddlers will push their way to see just how much they can get away with.  Parents should therefore be careful not to cave in to their toddlers‚Äô demands.  They should do this with love and strictness understanding that the toddler will cry and fuss when they cannot do what they want to do.   Before implementing any form of disciplinary measure, a parent should know and understand their child.   The toddler should trust the parent enough to allow them to set limits to what they can do so that they can feel safe in their presence.

Time out is the most common form of discipline because it does not entail too much.   Toddlers will do whatever it takes not to get another time out because they feel bad when they are made to sit in a corner alone.  To calculate how long a toddler should sit alone, take a minute for every year they have in age.  Temper tantrums is another way children like to take control of situations and parents should learn how to ignore them and toddlers will stop throwing them.  Parents should set limits and show consistency with them and this can be used as another disciplinary measure for toddlers.  Toddlers also like being praised for the good things they do and parents should create an environment where the child hears some positive reinforcement as well.

Toddlers should be disciplined regardless of where they are even when out of the house.  Therefore, if a toddler does something wrong when they are at the store, discipline should not be left to the time they get home.   This is mainly because they need to relate their bad actions with the punishment and they may not do that if they are punished hours later.  Toddlers should also be punished away from their friends or other people so that their self esteem does not get compromised.  It is very important to get the correct forms of discipline for toddlers because it is at this formative stage that their characters are set and the foundation lay.