F2F Class Notes (Celeste) [R]***

Demo StudentCassie X

Homework

  1. Review the new vocabulary below. Write 1-2 example sentences for each.

  2. Continue reading the article below. Discuss it in your next class.

Reading

http://www.parenting.com/article/terrible-twos-myth

Two-year-olds get all the buzz, but the truth is, tantrums and mayhem can strike at any age, for a variety of reasons. “Most toddlers begin testing limits shortly after their first birthday and continue until about age four,” says Ari Brown, M.D., author of Toddler 411.

So how did the Terrible Twos become such a pop-parenting phenomenon? “It’s an old-fashioned idea and not supported by research,” says Alan Kazdin, Ph.D., director of the Parenting Center at Yale University. The term was coined in the 1950s, perhaps because so much pressure was put on families to be detergent-commercial perfect that the moment a child grew out of compliant infancy, moms were freaked out. But modern parents agree—every kid is different, and every year presents new joys and challenges. Read on for a fresh perspective on each stage.

Vocabulary

buzz n. – excited talk or attention
eg. There’s a lot of buzz in my office that my boss is having a baby but she hasn’t told anyone yet.
eg. The article about the French president is creating a lot of buzz.
eg. Many women on weibo post cute pictures to create a lot of buzz about their lives.
eg. Superstars always create a lot of buzz.

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tantrum/s (tan – chrum) n. – a fit of bad temper
eg. The toddler is having a tantrum, he is crying and screaming in the car.
eg. My girl is having tantrum, she is throwing papers everywhere.

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mayhem n. – damage or violence
eg. Some people like to read books with mayhem.
eg. Boys like to cause mayhem.
eg. In high school many boys like to cause mayhem by breaking glass and starting fights.

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toddler/s n. – young child
eg. My daughter is a toddler.

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411 = information
eg. What’s the 411?

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Age 1 = /
Age 2 = Terrible Twos
Age 3 = Horrible Threes
Age 4 = /

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coin v. – to create, invent
eg. France coined the croissant.
eg. I coined the family rules.