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Be an Ambassador to Your Toddler
The truth is we don’t live in a black-and-white world. Sometimes you’ll
act like your child’s buddy and sometimes her boss, but the best way to
understand your job is to think of yourself as an ambassador … an
ambassador from the 21st century to the “uncivilized” little munchkin
living in your home.
I know what you’re probably thinking: Ambassador? What the heck does
he mean?
Well, you know what ambassadors do, right? They go to foreign
countries and build good relations by giving, giving, giving. They give
aid, throw parties, and show respect. But they’re not pushovers. When
there’s a serious conflict, they put their foot down: “My country will not
tolerate this.”
As parental “ambassadors” we do the exact same thing. We build good
relations with our kids by giving, giving, giving. We give food, love,
toys, backrubs—we’re forever giving. But from time to time we also need
to put our foot down, set a firm limit and enforce it.

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To build good relationships with dukes and kings, the world’s best
ambassadors all must master two key skills:
• communicating with respect (to avoid ruining the relationship
by accidentally offending their host)
• speaking the language of the country they’re visiting (Even the
best ambassador will fail if she can’t speak the language of the
people with whom she’s working.)
Similarly, to build good relationships with their tots, the world’s best
parents must master the same key diplomatic skills:
• communicating with respect
• speaking the language a toddler’s immature brain can
understand
In the next section, you’ll have some fun mastering these two powerful
parenting skills.

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In Part One, I discussed why it helps to think of a young child’s mind as
“uncivilized” and why toddlers are such a challenge for today’s parents.
Now, in Part Two, I want to teach you two of the most important
parenting skills you’ll ever learn.
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Chapter 3
will give you an extraordinarily simple way to
communicate respectfully with anyone (especially someone
who’s upset): the Fast-Food Rule.
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Chapter 4
will tell you how to translate your caring, respectful
words into your tot’s “native tongue,” a very simple language I
call Toddler-ese.
Within days, these two skills will bring about a huge jump in your
tot’s cooperation and a huge drop in tantrums. Best of all, by using
the Fast-Food Rule and Toddler-ese every day you will boost your
child’s health and happiness and set him on the path of kindness
and confidence for the rest of his life.

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