The Toddler Whisperer clues us in: Dr.Tovah Klein. PhD

There are few in the world who understand toddlers the way Doctor Tovah Klein does. She spends her days interacting with and studying toddlers. She’s head of the renowned Barnard College “Toddler Center”, she’s an advisor to Sesame Street and HBO films, the author of the critically acclaimed book, “How Toddler’s Thrive” and for the past 30 years—she has immersed herself in toddler-dom. What we think of as a temper tantrum, she interprets as a fear of leaving a safe space.When we see our child biting: She sees a child, struggling to communicate. She’s a master at her craft and a rock star in her own right. On this episode of “All Good in the Motherhood”, she decodes Teresa’s son, Matthew, and explains why Teresa’s expectations for her son are just too.darn.high.