Is your child biting,throwing things,tantrums,biting his sister or........
By lynpreety
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
Philippines
May 21, 2007 11:50am CST
giving you attitude? How would you deal with this, how to handle a child has this kind of attitude?
4 responses
@emarie (5442)
• United States
21 May 07
okay...i raised 2 boys through this phase...
for biting, you'll hear several things thats could work.
1-bite them back, i really don't like this, but if it works for some kids...okay
2-basic punishment. for biting i would tap their cheek (not too hard, just enough for the to feel it) as soon as they bite someone, then tack on another punishment like time out and of course add a scolding to it explaining why you don't bite. thats what i did the first time my children bit and they never did it again.
throwing things would basiclly be the same way, but if its atoy they throw, that gets taken away. when they throw, spank their hand
tantrums...simple...ignore them. tantrums are thrown for attention reasons. make sure they're safe from hard floors, table corners. hey you can even put them in a safe place and tell them you can throw your tantrum there. the best thing is not to pay any attention to it. then the tantrums will be quicker until they're non exsistent. you'll have some occasions where a screaming match will occour when they're older, but do the same thing, sit them in a corner away from everyone else till they calm down.
@accents (87)
• United States
21 May 07
I agree with emarie. The same thing won't always work for all kids. I babysit plus have my own, and they all respond differently. The youngest has tantrums and can't be comfortred, needs some time alone to settle down. The other two can be hugged until they calm down and then we can talk about what happened. I haven't dealt with biting yet, but I would appear as shocked as possible and issue a time-out followed by an apology to the victim.
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
21 May 07
Thanks for sharing, yeah your right sometimes its best for them to scold or tap their hand if they do that for their punishment its not that good to tolerate this kind of attitude for a child.
@tomatoe39 (298)
• United States
21 May 07
We have 14 month old who does this will sit in the floor and just throw himself back and scream his head off..
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
21 May 07
So how did you handle it, did you try to please her or scold her? Thanks
@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
23 May 07
My daughter is giving me attitudes lately and is now being very difficult and cried a lot. I just try to give in to her demands not that im spioiling her or what but i mean im just being understanding and trying everything to calm her down. It makes me feel guilty at times because i think she hates me for not being around when she needed me..and she craves for my attention thats why i give in to her.
@mememama (3076)
• United States
21 May 07
Biting-I tell him that it hurts me, I would never bite him back! That would teach him that it's fine if momma does it.
Throwing things-take the object away and let him know that we don't throw that object.
Tantrums-walk away and say "I don't reward this behavior". When he doesn't get attention from this, he stops after he cools off for a bit.
