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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So my four year old boy is otherwise very joyful, funny, spirited child. However, sometimes he will go into a rage... over what i would call nothing. For example, he had a water gun fight with my husband and when my husband moved away as my son was shooting the gun, he flew into a rage. Does he not know how illogical this is? [b]Also, there are random (though rare) times he would throw something at dd, and show no remorse! How do I start practicing some discipline with him without time outs every ten seconds? We've read time outs are not helpful..but then..what is left? I don't want him to grow up a spoiled brat.. thank you for any suggestions!![/b][/quote]

I was very clear with both of my children from early on that hitting or throwing things at each other is not ok. DS is 3.5 and I don't think that it's intrinsic remorse at this point, but he knows well that he is in trouble when something like this happens. Frequently, he would say sorry and give his sister kisses before I intervene if he happens to hit her or push her out of frustration. IMHO, it's not to early to start with disciplining bad behavior. We do time outs. (I know, I know. Many of you do not approve. I am not advocating that this is what OP should do, I am barely sharing what we do and what seems to work for us).[/quote]

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