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how can i teach ds (3) to defend himself?

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Maveta · 23/03/2010 21:29

he´s a sweet and very gentle kid, when another kid takes his toy, or pushes him out of the way at the park he just looks at me, all injured, and implores me to do something. He never says ´no´ to them, or takes his toy back etc. If he´s really upset he´ll come running over and hit me or his dad instead

He has a little friend who is very physical and exuberant and she has kind of tackled him to the ground a couple of times, usually trying to kiss him and once on the ground he just kind of stays there in a ´splat´ kind of position until his dad or i pick him up. He clearly doesn´t understand it or know how to react. Once home he´ll talk about it lots saying "x hit me, NO x don´t hit me"

At home he has no problem telling his dad or I ´no´ ´don´t touch´ ´its mine´ etc but not his friends/peers. Is there anything I can do to help him with this? I feel so bad seeing him getting walked all over but don´t know what to do..

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Maveta · 24/03/2010 08:45

bump?

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NightLark · 24/03/2010 09:06

My DS is a bit like this. We have just gone over and over the "No, X, don't do that, I don't like that" response with him, so he has a strategy. Getting him to use it is a different matter, but I think so long as you've let him know that it's OK to stand up for himself, and shown him how, you're on the right lines.

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