Just out of curiosity................?

Question

I want to know what you parents do when your child hits you or tries to hit you. How do you discipline them?

My daughter has never tried hitting me because she knows better. She would be hit right back. What would you do and has your child ever hit or raised a hand at you?

Answer 1

I hate the idea of punishment. You know why? Because it's putting a bandaid on the problem itself. You're trying to create a deterrent here, but it's only so effective. Your kid does not hit you because she knows she would be hit back. But, she should not WANT to hit you in the first place. If she does, than you have issues to work out with your kid.

A parent should not have to punish if they raise their kids right.

Answer 2

It depends on the age. My daughter is 2. I don't hit her back because she is only 2. I put her on the bottom step in our house and she sits there for 2 minutes minimum. I usually have to do this about once a week as a reminder, but she is only 2 and doesn't have the self control to not hit yet. Even when she is older, I don't think I will hit her. How does hitting back teach them not to hit when you just did what your telling your child not to do?

Answer 3

My son did hit me a few times when he was young. However, because he has autism, hitting him back was never an option (actually, even if he didn't have autism, I wouldn't hit him back). Using violence as a way to teach violence is wrong usually doesn't work well. All you get it a kid who thinks it is ok to hit..and then expects to get hit back. When our son hit me, we very quickly removed him to his room, and left him to his tantrum. If he persisted or we were not in a position to remove him, we held him in a way to prevent further physical attacks until he calmed down. We then explained hurting/hitting another person is always wrong, no matter what and he was punished..anything from a favorite toy going in time out to loosing TV , as long as it is something they will miss..and he always had to apologize and clean up any mess that he made during the tantrum. Trust me, walking away from him after he smacked me was tough, but striking back in anger would have done more damage and I would have had to work twice as hard to teach him not to hit!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I have a two year old that went through a stage where he got mad and tried hitting....I think he got that from his cousin who is just a year older who liked to hit.....but anyways....when he would hit, he got his had smacked....not hard enough to leave a mark but hard enought to get his attention...the he went to time out for five min....before he got down he had to say sorry ....that stage didn't last very long.....

Answer 6

i have a 19 month old that used to hit me. i would not hit her back, i think that is hypocritical "Im hitting you because you hit me" just doesnt seem right to me. i used to firmly grab her arm and tell her no. then i would show her how to be nice.

Answer 7

Explain to the child that it is wrong to hit you and ask them how they would feel if they was being hit .Each parent have their own ways of discipling their kids what works for one may not work for another.I deprieve my kids of their favourite thing (ie. ps2) if they don't do as I ask of them

Answer 8

never happened here either.i'm sure there are some that would say, talk to them.ask them what is wrong.blah bah blah. honestly, i think reaction would take over and i'd hit them back.

Answer 9

hitting them back is just not good... Talk and explain to them that it's not a nice thing to do... You can make punishments/rewards as well.

Answer 10

I think all kids do it at one point or another. My son tried it one time but I explained to him that it was not nice so he had to go sit in time-out.