Hitting Makes Parents Weary
So your little guy likes to hit. Or your daughter is developing an attitude and it is showing up on the playground. How do you handle the situation? This has to be one of the most stressful situations known to man…
Any advice?
My situation was a little different. I had it coming from both directions. Jamie who was the oldest and a boy loved to hit Britt, his younger sister. Then you get into the situation where the hitter will swear up and down that he didn’t do it.
Isn’t parenting fun! ;)
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3 opinions for Hitting Makes Parents Weary
Nouneh
Jul 31, 2006 at 11:30 pm
Consistency, consistency, consistency. My 3 year old was really getting into hitting, but I would put her in time out every time. Afterwards I would talk to her about hitting and say things like:
We don’t hit in this house, because we respect each other. You need to show me that same respect.
It sounds a bit adult, but with my daughter, I found that the ‘NOOO’ did not work. I had to not only tell her NO, but I had to reason with her on why I told her No.
SP
Aug 1, 2006 at 7:38 am
The “Time Out” sounds like a good idea. They weren’t going anywhere so you had a captive audience to explain about this “respect” issue. Not sure Jamie would have listened, but Britt would have… not that she did any of the hitting or so she tells me lol…
Nouneh
Aug 2, 2006 at 11:58 am
Another trick that my friend started using when her son would not react on the ‘time out’ approach. She has the Naughty Step, and she makes him sit on that step every time he hits. She only uses that step when he is hitting so he associates it specifically with discipline for hitting. She says it works wonders.
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