How do I teach my daughter to me gentle with myself and others? Everything I have tried is not working...I know I need to be more constant, but I welcome any sugestions!!!!! Happy Holidays!
I always told my son nice. And he would always be a little gentler. Nice worked for me it may work for you.
Do you have a pet? I taught my son to be gentle with our dog. I pat the dog gently and say "gentle" as I'm petting the dog or when I'm brushing our dog. My son then imitates the behavior. He understands what gentle means.
we had the same problem with our daughter about that age.. just keep saying gentle.. and when she hits you... take her hand and stroke her gently.. she will get it..
It is so hard at that age, but what worked best for my son then was showing him what gentle was. I would rub his arm with my fingers and say "see...gentle...gentle" and I repeated this often. Anytime he was rough I would caress him softly and say "gentle...gentle...see". He understood pretty quickly what gentle was. And yes, being consistant is extremely helpful :) Good luck!
I have a big dog and we pet him while I say "nice"" or "we are nice to Vinnie". whenever I worry about how she will handle something, I remind her that we have to be nice. She is only 17 months, but it works like a charm.
My daycare providers say that they use a soft stuffed animal for the little ones to feel and say "Soft" and then have them show to to be soft. It seemed to work better than gentle which was the exact way I was handling it when my little one was learning.
At about age 1, for both my children, they started swatting at my face or at our pets faces. What I did (worked for both) was, took their hand and kinda petted my face saying Nice mommy, Nice mommy or Nice doggy, etc. For whatever reason, it has worked for both of my children. It took a few times of saying no hits, be nice..and it clicked. Good Luck!
Hello, M.
This may sound silly when I brought my second baby home I had to teach my 2 year old to be gentle with his baby brother by speaking very softly to him when he was around the baby. I would take his hands and let him rub the baby's head very softly and I would say in a soft voice "gentle" "gentle". I think after a while he thought the baby's name was gentle. LOL. but he would always be very careful with the baby and not try to man handle him. Now the baby is a year old and my oldest is 3 years old and he is still gentle with the baby for the most part. Now I have to teach the baby to be gentle with him.
