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Hitting/pushing
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Our 3.5 year old son has taken to hitting and pushing. It's killing me (and my parents who watch him part-time). It's usually in the afternoon/evening when he's grown tired. I've tried timeouts, taking priveleges away, etc. Any tried and true methods you can recommend?
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Re: Hitting/pushing
Mine went through this about a year ago.. fortunately I think it was just a phase. He'd push other kids down and sit on them.
When he's naughty now (nearly 3 1/2, too), we make him sit on a barstool in the kitchen for timeout. 
Mine is the same age and is going through the same things... hitting/pushing at daycare. So I think part of it is the age alone.
I'm looking into books for him, since he responds well (ie. sharing books) to let him k
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We did 1-2-3 Magic and used some Love and Logic. We timed out. We tried to explain why it was bad....
It took HER being pushed/hit by other children for it to sink in. And even then it took us being a bit mean with her when it h
We do timeouts but if this is happening mainly when he's tired have you tried having him take a nap? And, if naps are a no go, what about "quiet time" each afternoon? When my kids gave up their naps I often times would still have them just
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