Normal behavior? How to deal?

My son is nearly 2 years old. I am really struggling with how to deal with his behavior. I tend to subscribe to a peaceful parenting approach but my partner is not so peaceful. He does believe in occasional spankings but does not spank our son so far.My son seems to be exhibiting all normal toddler behavior I think. But I’m going to list it off just in case I’m wrong. He hits, occasionally bites (maybe once a week), he throws things alllll the time, he has epic meltdowns (for example, he wants to run around the house with a fork in his hand and I do not want him to get hurt so I put the fork up and he will cry and throw himself violently on the floor and continues the tantrum for normally about 10 minutes). He hits us with objects. He constantly tries to pull us around and push us and has an epic meltdown if we don’t comply.I try to tell him that I don’t like being hit and gently but firmly hold his hands down so he can’t hit me. If he’s having a tantrum I try to comfort him and let him know it’s okay to be angry but normally if I try to hug or hold him he just violently throws himself away from me. Sometimes I feel like he walks all over me but I also try to check myself and not become a power hungry adult.Am I doing stuff generally right? I’m a young mom and my parents were not great examples so I’m kinda winging it here. How do you all deal with this sort of stuff? Suggestions? Stories? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2zXt72h