The Father

Yes… What we do is try to let our son know that we are here for him when he’s ready, and if we do need to walk away (hitting, for example), we try to communicate that it’s not to punish him, but it’s just that we dont want to be hit. So we’ll walk away but come back a minute later to see if he’s ready.

Yes, this is also the gist of positive discipline.

There’s just a few principles we keep in mind w/ our 2.25-yr old son
1. Reward behavior we want to encourage
2. Allow him to feel however he feels, including angry, tell him we understand
3. Provide consequences (if he throws food on floor it stays there and/or mealtime is over, if he hits we will walk away, etc)

Sometimes we’ll sit on the floor while he rolls around screaming, reminding him we understand why it’s frustrating, but he cant have/do x, and we’ll be here if he needs us. Usually he’s good after a couple minutes at most.

Like you’d approach any kind of advice. Frame it around understanding then first. Start with what they want from the situation (most likely they’d like their baby to sleep on it’s own but who knows). Then help them see that what they currently doing isn’t working. Just keep the curious frame throughout.