Just wanted opinions...I have a very strong willed, defiant 3 year old dcb. He has recently become quite the sassy mouth when I am reprimanding him when he's done something wrong.
Yesterday he hit another child on the head with a hard plastic toy. I took him aside and reminded him we do not hit people with toys. That he lost his time to use the toy and I took it away. He crossed his arms and told me to "Go Away...Leave me Alone!" Very loudly. I told him that this was unacceptable and telling me to "go away" earns you a well deserved time out!
He told me to "go away" again when I had to separate him from another child whilst fighting over a toy later in the day. Again. Time out for sassy back talk.
Geeze they are getting younger and younger with the sassy mouth talking back.
This is the same child who makes up stories "So and so hit me" when clearly so and so did not cause I was standing right there and saw everything. Or worse, when my assistant was here...told me that she hit him. Again, I was right there in the same room and my assistant was in another room at the time His mother knows and acknowledges his made up stories. He does it at home as well.
Do you have any sassy mouth dck's? Do you just use a time out and loss of fun activities and/or talk to the parents about this?