The word “No”
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My almost 2 year old loves to tell me no but she’s not usally aggressive about it. sometimes she will shake her little finger at me or pat her hand 😂
My 1 year old has started shouting no and with most things I go ahead and do it anyways. For example yesterday I said to her “Kali I need to put your kitchen things away” to which she shouted no. So I calmly told her yes mummy needs to put them away because this is how things get lost and ruined and people hurt themselves if they step on them (she quite literally threw every bit of toy food all over the floor🤦🏽♀️). I don’t ever want to teach her not to say no because I want her to know that she has her own mind and opinions but with most things they need to be done so I explain to her why and what we’re doing and then move on. If it’s something that doesn’t matter too much then I’ll just say that’s ok we don’t have to do it but we have to be nice and we don’t shout x
When she screams no, calmly replace the phrase afterward with “no thank you” and do this every time. Don’t over respond as this is her learning and testing her autonomy and is a normal stage of development but it can become a habit. When my children were learning tone and I realized that they don’t understand “disrespect” or “aggression” at 2 years old yet so I had to model it for them. My toddler: “Noooo!!!!” Me: on their level “you mean no thank you.” And then move on. It may take weeks or months depending on how stubborn your child is. Mine were/are very stubborn. But they do try and copy me still. I always give them the opportunity to try again now that they are older. If they are still rude… there’s more consequences (at 6 and 8) but for my 3 year old, I give her the correction of how to say something and I reward any positive effort and I ignore any unwanted behavior.