How old is your son? When my son was 2 & 4 mths, he changed suddenly. Before that, he was a friendly boy, like sharing with other children. One day, he began to hit children which were little than him. He might hit on others face or push them! His teacher told me to talk to him and explain to him, she said (she's a foreigner) that 2-3 years old children are self-centred. However, it didn't work much :-( I totally understand what you feel now. In that period, some parents who are very anxious on their kids may feel very angry with your son . My son smacked on a girl face suddenly, her face turned red. In fact, I wanted to stop it, but, you know, sometimes, it's unavoidable :-( I apologised to her but she gave me "very very black face". She was his playgroup classmate mother, i felt very sad and discomfortable. However, I also felt unhappy with what she reacted. We are parents of little children, we may understand the difficulties that may be encounted. Please be generous . At the end, I tried Supernanny method. Be firm and set a naughty corner for him. That is, he must be responsible for what he has done. If he does sth wrong, he must be punished. So, I took him to the clubhouse (i know he would hit little children) and once he hit children, I took him home. After 2-3 times, he could control himself, his bad behaviour has lashed 75%. Now, he is 2 yrs & 9 mths, almost never hit others and return to a friendly boy. His kindergarten teacher said: Classmates like to play with him, especially the girls :mrgreen: . Don't worry, he can overcome it
Fattymom,
Many thank for your opinion and sharing. Now my son is 2 yr & 5 mth. Recently, he likes to use his hand to hit a classmates even girls especially hit their face. I think the teachers stop him this action at once. At home he also hit me or housemate when he playing with them. Then, I was told him I didn't likes him to hit somebody & to catch his hand at once. Everyday when he ready to go to school, I tell him don't hit a classmates so that the kids won't like and play with you. :-( One time, I brought him to take place a briefing at the kindergarten. He suddenly to hit one girl's shower (the age is smallar than my son). I saw and stop him & let me to say sorry with girls then I said sorry to her mother. At that time, her mother's face is very black and took her daught sat at somewhere. I felt very embarrassing. :cry:
Your situation is exacting the same as I encountered before. Had anything happened before he changed? For my son, I remember a elder girl (3 yrs) played pushing game with him, and 2 days later, he began to hit children! Don't be sad Be strict to him. U have done very well. U insist him to apologise. Have u tried to punish him? Say, take away his favourite toy or go home straightaway once he hits sb.? He may cry heavily, but, don't compromise. It's most likely that it'll work Cheer up My son took about 2 & a half mths to get rid of such behavior. Please prepare that u may take some time to overcome it. However, u'll do it! Never give up U're not the only one suffering from that problem. Work together Another very important point I almost forget to tell u. If yr son only hit little children, he may have reason behind him. My son playgroup teacher said he is an active boy and his action is very fast, and therefore he needs others response to him quickly. However, children of his age (2 yrs & 6 mths then) can't response immediately. Then, he feels frustrated and unhappy (because he thinks others don't want to response him). If so, let him to promote to a upper class (if possible). Once my son promoted to other class, he changed again. All above are my experience and sugguestion. I'm not an expert. Just want to share. Hope it can help :wink: