Cooperation

Cooperation is a  school readiness skill that your toddler needs to be able to do. Usually care givers will refer to this as "he does not listen". This is a challenge because many times you have allowed your toddler to do certain activities and now you are telling her she can no longer do that. For example , Ajani would climb on the chair while I am sitting and get on the back and sit there without holding on . That allowed him to practice his balance and gave him a chance to take risk. He has mastered that activity. Had a chance to build his confidence and  do some critical thinking. Now we are working on transitioning him to another level of development . Getting him to understand that we no longer want him to get on the back on the chair. Currently his favorite word is no. Yesterday  he was watching his show "Surf' Up". He began to climb on the back of the chair. "Ajani get down  if you do  not I will turn your show off" no please he responded but continue climbing on the chair. His mother turned off his show. he began to scream No No. His mother asked him to sit on the couch he cries for a while .It is ok for your toddler to cry however, you should help him to calm down by redirecting him like his mom did. Ajani would you like  us to read a book she asked . Yes . This also teaches self-regulation.
This process will take a while but you must begin to set limits and give consequences. All this is new to your toddler so you need to be patient and  be gentle and with time your toddler will be socialized.
 The roots of socialization begins during the infant/toddler years. He is 2 years and five months. We will see how long it will take him to cooperate. Remember you must explain the behavior that you want .