Just recently my 2 year old son started hitting and pushing the other children at his daycare. But he only does it there. He has many cousins in his age range and there is never any violence between them. And he doesn't see his father or me hitting or anything like that. How do I get this under control?
2007-02-25 04:03:49 · 5 answers · asked by bad_kitty213 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
He's testing the boundaries (and thats normal for a child that age. Hhe needs to know when she acts a certain way, something he doesnt like happens. Warn him, if you do that again, you will go to a room/corner of your choice and you will sit there till mummy/daddy says so. Come back in 2 minutes and ask for a hug and apology ask him what they did wrong if him doesnt know or won't say , tell him mummy/daddy asked you to stop and you didnt, if he is missbehaving, leave for five more minutes, trust me, eventually he'll get the message. Keep consistant with it, every time! DO NOT AKNOWLEDGE HIM WHILST SHE IS IN TIME OUT! Also make sure your not feeding him any artificial or very sugary foods, they will make him hyperactive and grumpy. Do NOT shout! Do not cry or get angry in front of him. Stay firm and calm. Reward him with LOTS of attention and praise when he does behave, even for small things. Ignore bad behavior and praise good is the most important thing as what children crave and often misbehave for is attention and if they cant get postitive, they'll make sure they get some negative. His behaviour at daycare will improve trust me as this is a recipe for a happy balanced child. Best of luck xx
2007-02-25 08:10:37 · answer #1 · answered by Londonbaby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definitely think that it's something that either he is observing at daycare, or for some reason he thinks that it is okay there. What do you do to discipline him when he is doing things he shouldn't, like timeout or something. Since you are not going to be at daycare with him it's really not something that you can control much, but something that the aids at the daycare can. Maybe talking to them and having them use the same time-out method that you do might work. When kids are that age they just test test test and he probably already knows that mommy won't tolerate it, he just needs to know that the people at the daycare won't either. My boyfriends year and a hlaf year old was doing this for a while at daycare as well so that's what we tried, and it worked very well. Either way best of luck to you, 1 1/2 is a handful so I can hardly image 2 :)
2007-02-25 04:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by cbrandi199 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe your son sees other children hitting and pushing over at the dacare and thinks that this is acceptable at daycare.
2007-02-25 04:28:54 · answer #3 · answered by skybluebabyboo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If this is only happening at daycare, you need to make sure that his care providers are watching for it and stopping the behaviour as it happens. If not, it will eventually spill over into his time with you and you can stop it there, but you may need to consider moving him to new daycare where there is more control over the situation.
2007-02-25 04:47:11 · answer #4 · answered by chicchick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
children watch other children and he may be doing the samethings. talk to him and help him see that hitting or pushing others does hurt. some other child may do it to him and he may get hurt bad.
2007-02-25 04:32:07 · answer #5 · answered by lover of Jehovah and Jesus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋