Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:4 year old pushed an aide at recess after getting upset with a classmate and not calming down. He was sent to the principals office and she had a talk with him about poor decisions. We took away his screen time for today and sent him to bed early and told him if he pushes a teacher again he will lose his iPad permanently. I’m very disappointed as he’s never been physical with us although he does occasionally shove/hit his older brother with sufficient teasing.
Thoughts on sufficient/appropriate punishment? Anyone btdt and have advice? He’s a very strong active kid and we are planning to put him in karate and soccer as soon as we can age wise.
How does a 4yo have his "own ipad"? How much screen time does he get on average per day?
Depending on this answer, this may be a source of some of the issues here.
Anonymous wrote:Was she physically trying to get him to do something and he tried using his words first?
Anonymous wrote:Maybe normal shouldn’t be the word used but it is still developmentally appropriate for a four year old child. Should they be doing it? Obviously not.
But it is doubtful they would kick a child out of school over a push. A slap , kick , bite, or punch maybe. My 3.5 year old (at the time) got bit in the eye by a classmate and all they did was move my son from the 3 year room into the 4 year old room so I doubt they would do much for a push.
Anonymous wrote:4 year old pushed an aide at recess after getting upset with a classmate and not calming down. He was sent to the principals office and she had a talk with him about poor decisions. We took away his screen time for today and sent him to bed early and told him if he pushes a teacher again he will lose his iPad permanently. I’m very disappointed as he’s never been physical with us although he does occasionally shove/hit his older brother with sufficient teasing.
Thoughts on sufficient/appropriate punishment? Anyone btdt and have advice? He’s a very strong active kid and we are planning to put him in karate and soccer as soon as we can age wise.