When toddlers say no

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When toddlers say no

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I think the worst answer for the "no" game and the back and forth is actually doing the same thing as them. They say you respond to violence with violence, so I think in this way, when they go "no," you have to play the clown. You have to be happy and nice and tweak it and curl it. The super sensitive and happy and nice and good father or mother. You have to really be quiet and super caring. They actually don't get it. They are like, "Why are you being so nice?" It works. They are changing their energy. You play with it. You make yourself the sweetest, your sweetest persona might change it.

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Alejandro Edda was born in Puebla, Mexico. Growing up as an only child, Alejandro always had a curiosity about creating non-existing worlds and characters. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend IRM, one of the finest Russian Conservatory schools for drama and cinema in Mexico City. He studied 3 years under the Stanislavsky method, and prior to his graduation he was offered a role in a musical play by an established writer/director in San Francisco C.A. After finishing working for the theater company, Alejandro took the opportunity to move to Los Angeles, where he studied for 2 years at a Meisner-based acting studio. In July of 2007 he graduated as one of the top 5 actors of his class. Currently living in Los Angeles, for the past two years Alejandro has worked on independent international movies that have been shown in various film festivals. Luciano Edda, his first son, was born in March of 2009.

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