4 year old trouble

[Suzy4231]

Hi! First post here so please be gentle.

Basically I have a 4 year old son, and he's just discovering that he can be naughty.

He's taken to grabbing my glasses from my face and running off with them, taking much joy from doing so and the disress it causes me.

Any suggestions on how I can stop this.

Suzy x

You take them off him and you say "Do not touch my glasses. If you take them away again, you will go straight to bed for four minutes."

he will do it aagain within 20 minutes of you saying this.

So you will takle him by the hand, you will p[ut him in his room and you will leave him there for four minutes. If he will not stay there, yu will pick him up and put him back in, and then hold the door shut.

You will do this every time he takes your glasses.

Thanks for the very quick reply colditz!

I've been trying to do exactly what you suggest in your post, however it's pretty unsucessful so far.

The problem is that my vision without my glasses is appalling. I can't see my own hand in front of my face. He's picked up on this, and will run off quickly or hide where I can't find him. This is particually difficult when we're out of the house, or in a park.

I'm at a loss at what to do.

Suzy

Just don't let him put his hand near your face. Push it away and say "NO!" very crossly. It's nice that he wants to play but you are technically allowing him to temporarily blind you for his amusement. How embarrassed would you be if you got called into school to be told that he took another child's glasses and hid them, and the child was absolutely distraught?

I don't mean to be harsh, but if you don't teach him that it's unacceptable, he will continue to think it's funny - and it's not funny.

Yes you're totally right. It horrifies me to think that he could do the same to other children, but thankfully so far it's only to me, although i've no idea why.

I'm really trying to clamp down on it.