Actor's Facebook Post Offers A Big Lesson About Toddler Tantrums

An actor and father shared a big parenting message with a very simple Facebook post.  Justin Baldoni of “Jane the Virgin” fame posted a photo that his wife, Emily, took in Whole Foods.  The picture shows Baldoni and his father looking down as his toddler daughter, Maiya, throws a tantrum on the floor.  Maiya, who turns 2 on Tuesday, is the Baldonis’ first child. They are currently expecting their second. Baldoni wrote in the caption that this Whole Foods photo is one of his favorites of him and his father. “Two men, standing together in silence, forever bonded by an unconditional love for both each other and this brand new, raw and pure soul who we would both go to the ends of the earth for,” he wrote in the caption. “I can only imagine how many times I did this when I was her age.” Baldoni said that he thinks the photo captures the reality of “being comfortable in the uncomfortable” ― something he saw his dad do repeatedly when he was growing up. A post shared by Justin Baldoni (@justinbaldoni) on May 30, 2017 at 3:26pm PDT “There are no perfect parents, but one thing my dad taught me is to not parent based on what anyone else thinks. My dad always let me feel what I needed to feel, even if it was in public and embarrassing,” he wrote, adding that he believes this was crucial to his emotional development.  He continued: “Our children are learning and processing so much...
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