wow what the FUCK???? i wrote a whole paragraph and it only says "discipline" did a mod edited it or something???
i have a 3 year old nephew who's out of control lately. he was an absolute angel from birth up until a month ago (he's turning 4 in january) but he won't listen to anything me/my parents/my sis say. everything is a game to him. he bites,pinches,kicks, screams at almost everyone except strangers. The other day i finally lost it and smacked his bare ass pretty hard. he didn't cry at all just had this distant look in his eyes like a piece of him died inside (hard to explain) maybe i'm just a softy but wtf do you do??? its like his attention span is 3 seconds and once you scold him for doing something bad he'll do something else equally worse... i wasn't abused as a child. but, growing up if i got out of line my parents weren't afraid to use a belt or back hand me. i can honestly say it worked but, a few of those times i've always carried resentment... maybe i don't want him to have that???? what do you parents do???
forgot to mention he goes to pre school and has NEVER gotten out of line there with the teachers or the kids in his class. guess after a long day of finger painting he unwinds by beating everyone when he gets home?
also is it true about the "terrible two's" that if a child doesn't go through them by that age he'll lash out for a while at a older age? between ages 3-5 anyways?