I have a two year old little girl here that was actually my first daycare child. She is very cute and the only child to very young parents. The problem is she is does the opposite of what I say, gets into everything, constantly takes the toys from the other kids, and hits and kicks them. I try a lot of teachable moments when its calm on how to properly interact with the children and praise and hug her a lot when she acts good. However, if she is being violent or disrupting the other kids, then I will put her in a timeout for a minute or two and when she gets out I always talk to her about what she did and reinforce that I still love her but it seems like she is not making a whole lot of progress learning. It can be very frustrating and it goes on all day everyday.She is just very territorial over the toys and attention and doesn't understand yet that there are other children here also. Her mom seems to be doing the same thing I am, but she was watched by her grandmother before me who her mother says let her do anything. Any suggestions on this? There is no way I am going to term her.

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