Need advice please

[mommylove]

HELLO LADIES,

FIRST OFF, whose loving this beautiful weather today!?!

I need some parenting advice, my son is almost 2 and has a hard time sharing anything and will scream, push, grab and hit to get what he wants, EVERY time he does this he gets a time out and has to say sorry to whomever was involved, I also have a daughter whom is 6 and she did the same thing but to me since there were no dck's around when she was 2 and time outs work so well and I was able to quickly nip it in the butt, with my son it doesn't seem to be sinking in. Any other form of disapline that may work other then time outs?

Any advice would be helpful
Thanks in advance and I hope everyone is enjoying thesis beautiful spring day :)

[apples and bananas]

When my daycare kids are having trouble sharing something I take it away and put it on a high shelf where they can see it but can't get it. They learn very quickly that if we don't share the toy no one gets it.

[Fun&care]

I think it's hard for our own kids because they think the toys belong to them...I would continue with time outs, with my daughter (who is also 2) I give her a warning that if she doesn't share she will go into a time out, count to 3, if she still is not sharing then it's time out. After a few times of doing it like this, she finally caught on. She still has the odd tantrum, but she's 2 lol.:rolleyes:

[Dreamalittledream]

When my daycare kids are having trouble sharing something I take it away and put it on a high shelf where they can see it but can't get it. They learn very quickly that if we don't share the toy no one gets it.. I do this too; works great!

[Mondaygirl]

At 2 he's really not old enough to understand the concept of sharing. His take on it is that "sharing" means he has to miss out. He also doesn't have the verbal skills yet to argue his case, so he uses his body instead. Add to that the fact that toddlers have absolutely no impulse control, and you have a tiny tornado on your hands.
What usually works at that age is redirecting. Taking his hand and saying "no hitting, hitting hurts!" (or kicking, or whatever it is he is doing) and then take him to another activity. With my youngest (18 months) it's harder to get him to accept the redirect than it was with my girls, but he has a bit of a temper. Making him laugh is almost always successful.

[mommylove]

thanks everyone for once again some fantastic advice :)

[Artsand crafts]

I teach all my kids to wait for their turn no matter the age and re-direct the one who wants to steal a toy. My 22 mos son knows this rule now and follows it. Once in a while I have to remind him, but there are not tantrums as he knows that is only fair. When others want to steal toys from him they have to follow the rule too.