Hitting

Firstly I deal with my little one because it can cause emotional distress, I ask my little one if they are okay or if they are hurt. Then I say that wasn’t very nice to hit /kick we don’t do that to others. Then I just remove my little one and tell him we don’t have to play with or hang out with people who are unkind to us.

Not sure if that’s really what you should do but that’s what I do. X

I had a situation with my friends kids being a bit mean to my son, they pushed him once and I basically said to all of them together that if they sre going to play like that then we will not be able to play together anymore because it's not okay to.hurt other people's bodies or their feelings. Then I kind of sat and played with them together and anytime somebody was mean I would say how words can hurt too. For reference, these boys are much older so my son really can't defend himself in this situation. If the kids are the same age then I take a bit more of a step back but much like yourself, say that you don't have to put up with somebody hurting you to redirect to a different area to play xx

It’s very important to remember children don’t understand at this age what they are doing. children hit/kick etc in an attempt to communicate feelings. No child is a ‘bad child’ at this age. It’s a case of learning. There will be a point where potentially your child could lash out. 😀 x