7 year old just punched me in the face

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Forgot to hide his PS4 controllers this morning (he has to do learning first) and so took them off him when he got up. He went berserk yelling at me and hitting at me, saying he would smash our TV. I gave him a warning and tried to distract him but then he continued so I tried to put him in time out and that's when he punched me in the face with a closed fist. It really hurt. His timer finished but he was still giving me attitude and tbh I felt nowhere near ready to hug and make up. He's still on the step. Any advice?

If mine did that, the games console would be gone for good. Replace with some snap cards and ludo. He’s 7.

Some of these responses OP you need a proper apology. Make sure you get it.

PS4 should be confiscated I agree but for a set amount of time and given back on the agreed day.

When everything has settled down you need to have a sit down conversation about hitting/punching and how it's not acceptable. Consistent messages from you and anyone you co-parent with.

Then move on. Praise the good behaviour and positive parenting like crazy for a couple of days.

Zilla, no I can't imagine Dee and myself on a pic nic rug at Glynborne discussing the finer points of synaptogenesis, pruning, and myelin formation. Let's see, stranger things have happened.

When I was around 11 or 12 my dad got a phone call to say i'd been a little shit at school and ill never forget the 'oh fuck' moment i felt as he stormed into my bedroom, took my playstation (2 i think it was!) My (still easily portable) television...and cut the plugs off.

He then came in and took my stereo! And my walkman.

Guess who shut the fuck up & learnt my lesson really fast? 🤗🤗🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

Was a whole 15 years ago but i remember the tears i spilt, the disappointment in his face, the anger at myself.

As it goes it took an entire summer but he did rewire the plugs as time went by, i earnt it back bit by bit and i never lost them again!

Sometimes tough love is easier. My son gets it quite strictly with technology but these are different times, everything's online now much more advanced much more expensive & kids dont really play out at 6/7/8/9 even 10 anymore.
So yeah it is harder to keep them entertained 24/7 we grew up in a time we could nip to the park at 8 with an older sibling or friends.

I reckon tech is too heavily relied on these days but i get it (and am guilty of it some weeks) because times are different now.

I think a lot of parents feel anecdotally that screens/consoles etc are in their own category of thing.

Gaming is designed a certain way, and some (many?) kids just don't deal with it. I think it can be kinder just not to have it around at all, rather than constantly tussle over it. They can always get one later, they don't actually miss anything important by not doing it.

If they like it AND it doesn't cause arguments, no problem. But it has to be both for it to be worth having at only age 7.