Whenever my son gets told "no" or any type of disipline, he will?

Question

go smash his head on the floor, wall, nearest toy. I have never shown him ths, he just does this himself.
Or he will put his fingers in his mouth and scrape them with his teeth.
I am getting really worried about the head banging, because when he smashes his head he SMASHES his head, no lil thump either.
He is two.

Answer 1

He's trying to get your attention and what he wants by negative reinforcement, he's testing how hard will you push if he pushes back....try as hard as possible not to pay attention to him when he's doing it and eventually he'll stop, or wait until he gets tired and THEN give him some attention make it very clear that behavior will not lead anywhere and he'll stop

Answer 2

He may be doing to to get a reaction from you(he knows it worries and upsets you). My son used to do the same thing and I would just walk away and out of the room...when he didn't have anyone to watch. he stopped because it wasn't as fun. You could also pick him up and put him on a soft rug and let him have a fit. The more attention you give him, the more he will do it.

Answer 3

I agree. You can't give him a reaction. Holding his hands and telling him to stop is not only giving him the attention that he wants and therefore counterproductive, but when he's that mad, you can't reason with him, he won't understand and hearing your voice will probably set him off even more. When he's calm, tell him that you don't like it and ask him, "Was that fun for you?"
Most likely he'll reason that it indeed wasn't fun. Good luck.

Answer 4

Ignore this behavior, he will stop if he does not get a rise out of you Tell him he's not hurting you by doing this he is just hurtinh himself when he starts to do this just walk away go into another room if he does not have an audiance hell stop

Answer 5

my 2 year old is almost as bad... i put her in her room where shes safe, and let her scream her lungs out, shes done in 10 minutes if i ignore her, then we have a great day together..... DONT GIVE HIM THE ATTENTION when he does this stuff, make sure hes in a safe place yeah, where nothing is around thats sharp or could hurt himself on, but put him in a room where its realitivly soft and let him go at it... if you ignore him when he does it (but me a parent and make sure hes safe) he will get tired of tryin to get that negative attention.. trust me i have a 2 year old i know its hard but it will pass

Answer 6

Stop him from doing that. You are the parent. Take his hands hold them and talk to him until he calms down. He needs to understand that you are in charge and the meaning of no and that throwing a tantrum will not change your mind.

Answer 7

Sounds odd and perhaps spoiled, look you are the parent and it is up to you to decide his behavior. There are ways to discipline a child w/o beating the crap out of him. Time out, no more whatever he loves.
However, if he is hurting himself then maybe he needs to see the doctor.

Answer 8

Get help and do things to make it stop if you see him doing it pick him up and hold him tell him that is not good and tell him why you said no

Answer 9

http://www.dingosgotmybaby.com/2006/07/15/behavior-modification-shamu/#more-14

read this article..it has to do with negative/positive reinforcement, and i belive i can work w/ kids, husbands, wives, adults, anyone! :) good luck~

Answer 10

You need to watch super nanny or get one of her books. Sounds to me like he wants attention even bad attention...........Flo