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MALJA · 26/06/2019 10:35

My little boy is coming up for 2. On the whole he is very happy, loving and sweet with a cheeky character & strong communication skills.

But I am at the end of my tether with regards to his random acts of hitting.

I can handle the times when it’s due to frustration that someone has taken his toy or he his tired/ hungry and just generally frustrated.

But what I really am struggling with is when his cousins, friends, kids we come across are minding their own business and he will just hit them or push them over for seemingly no reason.

I have tried everything under the sun from the positive reassurance to the naughty step, to even shouting when ‘Nicey nice’ doesn’t work.

Absolutely nothing I am doing has any impact and I don’t know what to do about it.

Desperate for advice as to what worked / didn’t work for you and how you managed to get your child to stop hitting. Thanks in advance

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HennyPennyHorror · 26/06/2019 11:14

It's just poor impulse control. The only way around it is to supervise him very, very closely when he's with other children.

This is boring and wearing but is the best way. You have to sit right beside him when he's interacting and try to forsee his hitting before or as it happens. Then grab him, remove him and take him totally away from the toys/children to another room whilst saying
No hitting!" in a firm voice.

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