How do I get my 3 y.o. son to stop wanting to hit his 20month old sister?

My son, who is 3, seems to always want to bully his younger sister (20 months old). He doesn’t want to share with her. He pushes her around. We have to keep a constant eye on him so he won’t harm her. He used to bite her before. At least he seems to have outgrown that.

Thanks.

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  • Create a reward chart for your son. Divide the day into 4 to 5 parts and for every part of the day which he does not do the bad behavior he gets a sticker. Do not take stickers away and do not make a big deal when he does not earn the sticker.

    Do praise him for every sticker he earns and encourage him to try even harder to do better each day.

    Set a goal that whne he earns so many stickers he gets a reward. We actually allow the kids to select a few small items ($5 or so each) to put in a treasure box and when he reaches the goal he gets to go to the box a pick a prize.

    As he does better and better move the number of stickers up it takes to earn the prize.

    This is a great way to encourage good behaviors and eliminate bad ones.

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  • Does the phrase “Spare the rod and spoil the child” mean anything to you?

    Rewarding a child for good behavior is fine but punishment for bad behavior is also good.

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