About this episode

Lisa discusses the reasons behind children hitting others and offers strategies for parents to manage this behavior.

#191 In this episode, Lisa discusses her thoughts on children hitting others. She covers where she believes children learn this behaviour, and her general approach for this for babies, toddlers, and children. Lastly, Lisa addresses four listener questions, discussing what to do when a 3-year-old is hitting and pushing other children during play, ways to manage a 26-month-old's aggressive behaviour after a nap, approaching a toddler trying to hurt a younger sibling, and using the BratBusters ...

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Bunnage

Topics covered

• child aggression
• parenting strategies
• toddler behavior
• listener questions
• child development

Keywords

• hitting
• toddlers
• aggressive behavior
• parenting advice
• child development

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