I am looking for books that have anything to do with hitting, pinching or biting etc. and the consequences of doing those things. We are having a BIG problem with this at our house and books really make a lasting impression with my son. He's not quite 2, but we can stick with books that have several sentences per page, and they can be board books or not, doesn't matter.
Thanks in advance!
Thank you so much! I have "Hands Are Not for Hitting" requested from the library, but I hope he takes to it enough to buy it!
Thanks also Jessica C for the Happiest Baby suggestion. I will look at that too. The odd thing is that mostly my son's hitting isn't out of tantruming or frustration, it's out of exhuberance and affection. He's just too rough! He speaks clearly in 4-6 word sentences, so I don't think it's a communication issue... But I'm sure there are other topics apropos to this in there too. Thanks!
There is a series of book that deal with toddler behavior and one of them is called "hands are not for hitting", there is one about biting, sharing germs, and even one about how to treat animals. I saw them at a parenting conference I went to that focused around gentle birth and parenting. http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/author_detail.cfm?AUTHO...
I was going to say the same thing. I would really recommend "Hands are not for Hitting" and the other titles. I do day care, and all the providers I know just love all those books!
Hitting/biting/pinching are usually done by toddlers when they are frustrated - probably because they can't communicate very well. We read The Happiest Toddler on the Block and learned a lot about how to deal with a frustrated toddler. If your toddler is biting etc. because he is frustrated, you may want to check that out as well. We were dealing with tantrums mainly but it really helped us!
The main points we took from it were to speak in "toddler-ese" to help him understand that you know what he wants/is angry about even if you aren't going to (or can't) give it to him/fix the problem. Good luck!
Scholastic has a whole series of books called 'Help Me Be Good' books. They have one book about fighting. They have a lot of really good books. My mom read them to me and my 6 siblings as we were growing up and now I bought the set for my kids.
There's a series called "Teeth Are Not for Biting", "Feet Are Not for Kicking", "Hands Are Not for Hitting" by Elizabeth Verdick and Marieka Heinlen. Very simple board books. My son still remembers the Biting one.
