my 4 year old will not stop hitting?

Question

my 4 year old daughter Mackenzie keeps hitting my 7 year old Bailey and my 6 year old Dominic, what do i do about this???

Answer 1

well i think that every time Mackenzie hits Bailey or Dominic that you should punish her anywhere from time-out to a light spanking to a toy getting taken away. ~good luck

Answer 2

Well, you should punish your daughter by putting her in the corner and telling her that hitting is bad and make her apologize. I wouldn't hit her, because then you know people will go into that whole child abuse thing and stuff. If you don't want to put her in the corner, put her on some stairs or something, but not in another room. Keep her there for 4 minutes, because that is her age, and you should keep the child in time out for as long as there age. And also, make sure that your other daughters don't hit back, because that will make Mackenzie hit back, and that would cause a big fight. Don't worry though, eventually she will learn, especially since 4 minutes in time out is such a long time for a little girl and as she gets older, she will relize that it is not worth it. Good luck. P.S. Supernanny works good too, but only if you have time to watch TV.

Answer 3

In addition to discussion of hurting people and time out consequence mentioned above, I suggest a hitting pillow. Some children just need to release their negative emotions in a physical way. Tell her " Mackenzie, when you feel like hitting something you may choose to hit the hitting pillow but you may not hit Bailey and Dominic"

Answer 4

My suggestion is Spanking, its been around for a long time and I think it will teach Mackenzie how much she is hurting Bailey and Dominic, of course spank in the appropiate area, not the face or something like that. Good Luck!

Answer 5

My son started hitting at a young age too....I tried everything, the only that worked was grabbing his little hand, spanking it and putting him in time out telling him NO, DONT BE HITTING That IS NOT VERY NICE IT HURTS HUH? I would put him in a "time out chair" while he cried then when I knew he was done I would go to him and tell him that he hurt so and so and that its not very nice to be doing that because he doesnt like to be hurt or spanked......You dont have to worry about abusing your child if you spank them, If you are worried about this that is good because that means you WONT hurt them! It is not a form of abuse to spank a child when they are doing something they know is wrong and they keep doing it....I spanked my son for a while and now I dont even have to do it, I get DOWN to HIS level and tell him "Stop it>what ever he is doing> I am going to spank you>if he keeps it up> ONE, do you want me to spank you? TWO, I am going to spank you on three if you DONT stopit, THREE,< well you know what comes next<" I havent even gotten to the point of spanking anymore because he knows he is doing something wrong and I warn him so he doesnt want to get into trouble....he just says "Okay, Im sorry MOmmy" I dont abuse him because I hit him, He has no bruises and cries for no more than a minute..........

Answer 6

EVERY time she does it, remove her from their presence. Make her sit somewhere quiet, by herself and tell her sternly..."You are sittng here because you hit. That is NOT okay!" and make her stay there for 4 minutes. Don't pay attention to her while she's there. Then, when you get her...explain that she must not hurt other people, or she won't be allowed to play with them, and that she must use words, not her hands when she's mad. Eventually, she'll get sick to death of being the one removed from the action and she'll learn the coping skills to handle her anger in a better way.

Answer 7

When you see her hit her siblings, hold her hands and tell her no, scold her a bit and then put her in time out until she's ready to appologize to them. Make sure taht she understand that it is NOT okay to hit people. Good luck!

Answer 8

Watch Supernanny!!

Answer 9

Tell her hands are for helping, not hitting

Answer 10

It doesn't sound serious; probably just let them play. Kids are never going to be models of perfect behavior and if they were, that would be a malady, itself.