Preschooler keeps being hit by same child in daycare

[Anonymous]

Snatching and hitting are equally problematic. How much attention is your kid getting out of your view of him as the victim? That may be what is feeding this.

Is your kid snatching from all the kids or just this one?

[Anonymous]

At this point in the school year your best bet is to call the administration and make sure your kid is not in the same class as the hitter next year

[Anonymous]

From your OP, it sounds like your kid is the one who needs to be removed from the program. If a kid constantly snatched things out of one of my kids’ hands, I’d be telling them to hit the kid and get it back. Your kid was physical first.

Put this effort into teaching your kid to keep their hands to themselves and play with toys that are available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s been going on for over a month now.

It typically happens a couple of times a week.

Usually happens over wanting the same toy. My child sometimes does have the bad habit of trying to take a toy without asking for it first. We are working on that but at the same time we dont want him to get hit all the time though including getting incident reports. Plus he is also learning to model - normally he refrains but on 2 occasions he retaliated.

The staff is trying to keep them separate but only works so much. They also started a more intense points system for positive reinforcement.

What other options we have? My husband is really upset at this point and wants to ask for this other kid to be removed from the program.

Your kid starts it but the other kid is the one that needs to be removed?

[Anonymous]

Lol at all the parents of the violent kids on here telling OP she is the problem. No wonder schools struggle with discipline. They have to deal with parents like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol at all the parents of the violent kids on here telling OP she is the problem. No wonder schools struggle with discipline. They have to deal with parents like this.

I’m one of the parents who said that OP’s kid is a problem and none of my kids have ever hit anyone ever, not even when they were toddlers.

[Anonymous]

I’m a preschool teacher — a point system is ridiculous and will do nothing (or could make the class atmosphere even worse.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have zero power to have the other child removed. Your only leverage is to pull your own kid out. Are you prepared to leave?

If your child keeps getting hit/hurt, and you continue to stay, what does that say? Why do they even need to do anything? Why would they care?

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s been going on for over a month now.

It typically happens a couple of times a week.

Usually happens over wanting the same toy. My child sometimes does have the bad habit of trying to take a toy without asking for it first. We are working on that but at the same time we dont want him to get hit all the time though including getting incident reports. Plus he is also learning to model - normally he refrains but on 2 occasions he retaliated.

The staff is trying to keep them separate but only works so much. They also started a more intense points system for positive reinforcement.

What other options we have? My husband is really upset at this point and wants to ask for this other kid to be removed from the program.

The best option by far is restorative justice. Have the staff arrange the joint session for both your family and the family of the alleged bully.

[Anonymous]

OP- your kid is half of the problem? GTFO