Did We Handle the Situation Right? Should I Be Upset Because Another Kid Hit My?

oh my gads, why do parents always rush to the reasons why it's okay that THEIR kid hit someone?
why aren't BOTH sets of parents working with their own kids on better coping techniques instead of blaming and rationalizing?
if we want to teach 'em how to be grown-ups, we have to demonstrate it.
ETA- oh. joke post. well, just reinforces the truth that i don't need any more MP today.
khairete
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HOW ABSOLUTELY FUNNY!!!

Welcome to mamapedia!!!

I'm sooo glad to see another Arthur fan!!

Thanks for the smile!

Hey, Mamapedia... post THIS over on FB, why don't you?

This is why I don't let my son watch your show!

Pretty funny.:) (and really, I don't. Those kids are *mean* to each other!)

but back to your 'question': Your son needs to get over himself. He hit someone. Of course, there's no excuse for hitting, so you were not in error by not listening to his side of the story. And who is criticizing you anyway? Francine's parents? Like they have room to talk! In any case, no Binky shouldn't have hit either. All the kids are at fault. Time to send them all to bed and make yourselves some martinis and put on netflix.

Buncha crazy animals!

At least this one has some imagination!

Seriously you want us to analyze an Arthur episode?

Grow up!
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Oh yes! A perfect question for their Facebook segment!

Oh my, is it Saturday already?

maybe Muffy would be willing to pay for everyone to go to therapy!

I'm a little confused, but let's see if I have it right.

Your son hit is little sister. Hitting is wrong. That needs to be reinforced. Can you listen to what he has to say? Absolutely. You can and should hear what he has to say. He needs to have his feelings validated, but then he needs to know that hitting is still wrong. Being upset about what little sister does is ok. Hitting her because of what she did is not. Then talk to him about what he can do instead.

Another kid (not related to him?) hit him. What should you do? Well, if the other kid is not your kid and/or not under your care (ie, you are not babysitting), then there's nothing you can or should do. The other kid is not your responsibility. Logically, you know that kids hit eachother. It's part of being a kid. That doesn't make it ok, and it's certainly something we want to teach them not to do. But it's still going to happen. No reason to be upset. Talk to your son, let him know that "Binky" should not have hit him. Possibly talk to him about the entire situation (why did "Binky" hit you) and what he might have done to contribute to the situation.

As I was typing my response, my oldest decided it would be fun to try and sit on his brother's head. Little brother didn't think that was fun and pushed him off. Big brother is currently in time-out, and little brother has been reminded that he can use his words and tell his brother to "get off" next time. Although, I can't really say that little brother did anything wrong.

Okay, this one made me laugh!

Wow you must be really really bored to hit up a mom site. That must mean you don't have much of a life as most in here have real issues. Go find something more fun to do surely there is something better out there than wasting your time being a troll :)

You did good J.!! Very creative indeed!

I haven't R. any Arthur books or toons in a long time.

Thx!

I didn't know Binky hit Arthur. I will punish him. Yes you did the right thing.

now what i would have done was listen to him. then tell dw that she should not have touched the plane when brother asked her not to. then tell arthur that he should never hit when he is mad but to come to you and say mom sister broke my plane after i asked her not to touch it.
now when binky hit that is the perfect time to readdress that we do not hit. we come to mom/dad when we are having a problem