The nursing student correctly explains health promotion teaching points for parents of toddlers when she states

Question

a. "Setting consistent, firm limits will help the child cope with the frustration of learning self-control."
b. "Slower development of motor skills prevents the child from participating in self-care activities."
c. "Toddlers have a natural sense of right and wrong and know when they do something wrong."
d. "Temper tantrums should never be tolerated, and toddlers need to do what they are told."

Answer 1

ANS: A
Firm consistent limits, patience, and support allow toddlers to develop socially acceptable behaviors and to cope with the frustration of learning self-control. Rapid development of motor skills allows the child to participate in self-care activities such as feeding, dressing, and toileting. Because children's moral development is closely associated with their cognitive abilities, the moral development of toddlers is only beginning. Toddlers do not understand concepts of right and wrong. Temper tantrums result when parental restrictions frustrate toddlers. Parents need to provide toddlers with graded independence, allowing them to do things that do not result in harm to themselves or others.