My 2 year old is having problems with "throwing fits"?

A little tv isn't bad, let him watch some cartoons when he gets bored after all the other educational stuff is over with. Kids need time to unwind too and expecting him to just use his brain all day long for learning purposes is a bit ridiculous. The best thing you can do about the fits is to ignore them. He's likely doing them for attention, even though you might spend a lot of time with him, it's likely not in the way that he wants or needs at this stage. Cuddling is always a winner.

Sounds pretty normal to me. My 3 year old is the same way. (all of the sudden) Must be going through terrible 2's or just a defiant stage. Just make sure u are consistent with him. When he throws a fit sit him down and walk away. As long as the tantrum is not destructive or dangerous, show him that he will not get attention for it.

You don't have to "buy" stuff to entertain your child. He may be smart and unattentive, which is true for a lot of children. may be you need to be a little more creative with what you aleady have for him. I wouldn't think that TV time is so damaging especially with all the educational things on TV for children. I would give him an hour of TV time a day, not all at once just here and there.

Hope this helps.

Say hello to the Terrible Two's.

All children go through this stage at some point, and it's completely normal.

Like you said, he's intelligent. He's gotten to the point where he has enough awareness to attempt to test his boundaries and see what he can get away with. It is a crucial point in a child's development, and how they learn what is right and wrong.

You are doing the right thing by being firm and not backing down when he throws fits. Have you started using time outs? Continue using your current discipline methods and use the time out strategy and eventually he will learn that his behaviour is not acceptable.

Also, try distraction techniques. Instead of doing things in the 'now', try leading him into thing instead. eg - Instead of saying 'We have to leave the playground now', try telling him that he has 10 minutes to finish playing before you move on to something else.

Sounds like very typical toddler behavior, I have a 3 year old daughter and she throws fits all the time. We just continue to tell her that she needs to use her words and talk about whats bothering her, but if she just needs to throw a fit, she has a specified room in the house where she can go to have her tantrum by herslf, that kinda takes the attention part of it away. Hope this helps!

Terrible twos, toughie twos-its the age when kids learn how to press your buttons and get what they want but their communications skills are still lacking so you get fits and tantrums. It's a phase and yes the extremity varies but every mom who ever had a two year old goes through it. No worries.