Hitting - Little Elm,TX

Mom, If you do a search on this web-site under "hitting" there are lots of other responses from earlier questions on the same subject with good answers. I teach young children and I sugguest you be sure that you tell the preschool teachers that this is a problem you have been working on with your daughter. They need to be aware, and will appreciate your honesty. Ask them if they have any suggestions on how to help you teach her tahat hitting is not acceptable. Ask what sort of discipline they will use at school and see what they suggest you use at hometoo. Both you and Dad need to be on the same page with this. It unnerves me when I see kids hit their parents let alone other children. THis is something you really need to stop quite soon. She needs to know there are consequences to hitting others and they need to be age appropriate, Hope this helps

Take this from someone whose 3 children NEVER hit. Because you'll hear time and time again that hitting teaches hitting, meanwhile, I had to teach my 2 1/2 year old who would NEVER hit, that it's OK to hit BACK because some "time out" kid was hitting him in the gym daycare every day.

A firm quick consequence after a calm warning is a fast way to nip things in the bud before bad habits develop, and hitting is included.

Give her a good swat for hitting and say "no hitting". You may be philosophically opposed to the concept, but it will stop the behavior. It took one or two repetitions with all three of mine at their first attempts-my 1 year old already learned it too. She used to hit everyone in the face starting at around 8 months, and after one swat, she never did it again. Is she traumatized? No. She cried for 10 seconds and forgot she ever tried such a thing.

Your child is over 2, so it may take a bit more repetition, but it's the fastest way.

Once you have taught her at home, she will know it's wrong, and whatever they use at daycare will suffice. Kids usually try their worst stuff at home with parents if parents allow it.

Hope this helps...here are some great suggestions for disciplining children:

http://www.theskinnyscoop.com/search/discipline?utm_campa...

If she is only doing it to mom and dad, I think she is doing it to get a reaction from you. It will be hard, but when she does it...do not give any emotional feedback. Just pretend it didn't happen and move on. Once she realizes that she isn't getting any reaction from you, I think she will get bored with it and stop.