They are NOT learning this behavior from us.
2007-01-27 11:49:38 · 6 answers · asked by ? 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Children who are not able to verbalize will lash out and hitting is kind of like human nature. Don't worry nobody is going to think that you have "taught" your kids to hit, many toddlers bite, and they certainly don't see that happening around any normal house.
2007-01-27 11:55:27 · answer #1 · answered by sunny_day_grl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, depending on how old is the child, they just hit out regardless of sibling or not. There is no distinction or concept of that till much later. For how is a sibling defined ? Be it brother or sister. We learnt behaviours expected of a brother or sister. An assertive child have an inclinaion to hit out more. They have more a sense of territory. A sense of ego.
2007-01-27 18:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They could be angry with them or jealous about something. My niece would try to hit her brother a lot when he first came home from the hospital. She was just jealous cause the baby was getting more attention then she did. We started to spend more time with her by herself and the hitting stopped.
2007-01-27 12:24:35 · answer #3 · answered by chris l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My 2 sons are 14 months apart and I have taught them from minute 1 to respect each other. They do fight on occasion, but rarely physically and it is usually the 3 yr. old who is trying to push buttons on my 4 yr. old. My suggestion is to try and encourage them to learn from one another. I oftne praise my oldest for being a good big brother and teaching the younger one things and I praise my youngest for being a good brother and helping his older brother to do things or sharing with him. This seems to diffuse a lot of tension and leads to less fighting.
One other suggestion, I find that when I have less time to play with them or they are not doing something constructive they tend to get on each others nerves more, so if you notice things escalating try to include them in your own activity and redirect their attentions.
2007-01-27 16:31:59 · answer #4 · answered by LadyJadra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just what kids do, Seperate them and put the guilty party in time out.
2007-01-27 20:02:21 · answer #5 · answered by queendebadow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sumtimes kids get mad at thier brothers or sisters i knock my lil brother's head when he's bad or ju gettin on my nerves i aint sayin it's right
2007-01-27 11:56:20 · answer #6 · answered by John R. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋