Re: Hitting me
i dont know if i would use this techinque.. but a friend of mine had a horrible horrible HORRIBLE 2 yr old who would slap anyone and everyone... they are the most soft spoken of ppl, my friend and her husband.. so she was shell shocked when her son just went ballistic and started to be so physical, especially with her... she tried everything
then one day, just as her son had slapped her, she gave him one tight slap on the cheek. u could see her hand print on his face.. he was very surprised and when that initial shock had settled in, he started to bawl. she dragged him to his room and gave him time out. afterwards, when he had calmed down, she asked him if it hurt and he said yes and that mommy didnt like him.. so my friend said exactly the same stuff back to him ... when u slap mommy, it hurts her a lot too... how would he like mommy to keep hitting him everyday?
she got thru to him.. he would raise his hand to hit afterwards but then would remember and then the slap would come down very lightly.. soon the slapping and hitting ended
pretty neat.. didnt think the 2 yr old had it in him.