Aggressive Toddlers

[Eveadel]

Is this normal behaviour?

On a recent visit to an indoor soft play centre Isabella was slapped round the face (very hard) and pushed over. This was done by 2 different children and they must of been around 2 years old, is this normal? Do they all go through this?

 

[mary70]

no hun they dont all go through this, hannah has never hit but has been hit by other children on a number of visits to places

 

[Eveadel]

How can you ensure your child does not become one of them?

 

[mary70]

you cant hun u just have to try and teach them right from wrong

 

[sarah113]

My children have been hit and pushed over by other children too, once i went to the parents and told them what there child had done and they just looked at me as if i was stupid.
my girls are quite nasty to each other at times but not to anyone else

 

[lauramumof2]

I think even the tamest child is going to go through a pushy stage. I was astounded when the nusery teacher took me to one side and told me Jessica had hit a boy on the arm. There has been another incident but she hasnt not done it for a while.

She was 3 before this reared its head.

 

[babsi]

Kai is aggressive to other kids and one thing I KNOW it is not the parenting that he gets, I do think it is a bit unfair to tarnish everyone with the same brush.

Kai is a bit behind with his speech and someone that is his way to communicate by pushing and pinching. We are not perfect, nobody is but I am hoping once his speech picks up then this will disappear because it is very hard to discipline a 2 year old. Every time I tell him off he just laughs in my face. I tried time-outs they don't work. I tried taking him away when he has been naughty, doesn't always work.

The other thing is that he rarely a victim, I think if he was that would have helped maybe. Not nice thing to say, but I think is true.

And he has never bitten another kid, and I think that is related to teething anyway.

Everything will even out at 3, he's not even 2 yet, so the terrible 2's have to come yet!

 

[mary70]

like u say hun alot of it is frustration, my nephew got expelled from 2 nurseries for bad behavoir and it turned out when he went to see a specialist that he had the iq of a 6 year old and he was only just 3. He ended up going into a reception class and he was fine the behaviour stopped straight away because he was being kept occupied, but on the other hand SOME of it is bad parenting, i have taught loads of kids with real problems and when you see the parents u can see y they are like they are.