What is an appropriate consequence for hitting?

Keep your hands in your pockets or fold your hands together. This is the most simple and basic of the logical consequences of hitting. In fact, we try to say something like “keep your hands to yourself” and the best way to do that is to make sure they’re not available to use.

How do you deal with a raging child?

Child Rage: How to Manage Explosive Anger in Kids and Teens

1. Ensure the Area Around Your Child Is Safe.
2. Focus on Being Calm.
3. Don’t Respond to Name-Calling or Verbal Abuse.
4. Talk Later, When You’re Both Calm.
5. Give Consequences for the Behavior, Not the Anger.
6. Be Consistent.
7. Understand Your Child’s Triggers.

What’s a natural consequence for hitting?

Natural consequences are just that: Natural. They happen without any decision-making or action on the part of another person. If you, as parent, are deciding what a consequence is or should be, then it’s not a natural consequence. The natural consequence of hitting your brother is that he cries or falls over.

How do I get my 18 month old to stop hitting?

What should you do when your toddler hits?

1. Restrain them physically. Your instinct may be to physically hold your toddler back when they are trying to hit others.
2. Remove your child from the situation.
3. Discuss alternatives.
4. Redirect.
5. Provide emotional support.
6. Prevent hitting before it begins.

How do you deal with a child who hits?

If your child hits you frequently, address the problem with a reward system. Reward your child for “using gentle touches.” Break the day up into several time periods where he can earn stickers or tokens for good behaviors. Praise your child often when he uses gentle touches.

How do I get my child to stop yelling at me?

Make sure your child understands your physical and emotional boundaries. You may need to clearly state: “It’s not okay to yell or push or hit me.” If you’ve said this to your child in the past, but allowed her to cross those boundaries in the past without consequence, she’s gotten mixed messages.

How can I teach my child to protect his sister?

Encourage the sibling bond to strengthen the part of your child that wants to protect his sibling. Sit your older child on the couch next to you and put the baby in his lap. Teach him how to “smell” the top of her head.

Is it my job to make my 19 year old daughter happy?

Mom, it is not your job to make her into a “happy nineteen year-old person.” That is her job. It is your job to enforce correct and respectful behavior in your house. If she cannot do that, then, she must move out or be put out against her will.