What should parents do if their toddler occasionally hits them?
Toddlers have feelings but have limited ways to tell you about them. A toddler who hits is a toddler trying to communicate, just in the wrong way. I used to gently (not roughly) stop my toddler hitting me and then say “wow you seem really angry about something. When you’ve stopped hitting me, we can sit down/go home and see what we can do about it.” That way he knows you have heard him, are supporting him and will help. It nearly always worked with my children and they very rarely repeated it. Now they are teenagers, (and don’t hit anyone) I still use the strategy of listening when they’re upset and asking how I can help them. Most people want their feelings heard and validated, not ignored or punished, which does nothing.
first tell the toddler that is not permitted and then put them in a time out , hitting them back gives mixed signals but most parents do hit back which is confusing to a toddler , what I used to do with my kids is put them on a chair for about 5 minutes trust me that is the worse 5 minutes to them it seems like an eternity they will ask you every few seconds can I go now but make it stick for at least 5 minutes and add a minute each time they do the thing they are in time out for they will feel as if you added an hour, its amazing and it works ! good luck!
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