Early childhood education is a necessary course for parents, and many young children often make noise and even physically assault each other in their daily interactions. So, how should we teach young children not to hit people?
Firstly, parents should analyze the reasons for their children hitting others and adopt different methods for different stages.
1. For younger children, hitting others is often unconscious and they want more attention from their parents. Therefore, children at this stage are more inclined to hit people who are closer to them, such as their parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. They also have happy expressions after hitting someone. When young children hit someone, if everyone shows indifference, it's fun, and they smile. This will make young children feel that hitting others is a very interesting thing, and they will continue to hit them in the future. So when a child in this situation hits someone, everyone must show a serious expression, and even pretend to cry, making the child feel that the person being hit is very painful and unhappy. The child will then feel that hitting someone is wrong.
2. For relatively older children, they are more likely to hit others to compete for toys or to vent their anger. Around the age of 3, children's physical movements develop much faster than language expression and are more likely to express their emotions through direct actions. Parents should educate their children in a timely manner to apologize for their inappropriate behavior, understand the reasons for their children's misbehavior, make right or wrong judgments, and not blame the children who hit them blindly.
Secondly, parents are the closest people to young children. At home, parents should manage their negative emotions well and not shout loudly at them or even use violent means to beat them. This will lead to young children learning from their parents' handling methods.
Finally, parents can also play more puzzle games with their children to divert their attention and consume their vigorous energy. It can better prevent the bad habit of young children hitting others.
