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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.

We try to follow Janet Landsbury and Positive Parenting ideas, which means that do not do time outs. They all seem to stress to DO NOT REACT to the aggressor, because that is negative attention.

We are modeling, piling on positive attention, etc etc. Hes fed and rested. Good diet, and he’s home with me. He’s not bored. [/quote]

He needs a couple of good, hard swats on his bottom and he will stop this crap.  He is a spoiled brat who is quickly becoming a bully. Start parenting and stop being a wuss.  You also have an obligation to the child who is being bullied by this hellion [/quote]

That's not instilling discipline or teaching self-control; it's simply coercion through physical fear. And it's pure hypocrisy. If a parent swats, spanks, "pops," "taps" or otherwise hits a child, then says to that child, "Don't hit. Hitting is not allowed," the parent loses all credibility. Children model what they see, not what they hear. "But mom, you swat ME, so why is it bad if I swat brother?"

Yes, OP's child will "stop this crap" if she hits him, because fear usually works on kids. He won't learn why his actions are wrong but he absolutely will learn that his parent will cause him physical pain and then confuse him by saying that causing pain is wrong. 
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