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When a child hits a parent, sibling or another child
Compare hitting during a meltdown, sibling conflict and difficult play with other children. Find the book covering your particular situation. 6 situation overviews from 4 books.
Hitting the little oneTwo Children · When they hurt each otherThe older child hits the younger one. A conflict or sudden impulse becomes physical across a clear difference in size, leaving both children and the nearby adult inside the aftermath.→Defending what is theirs without hittingBig Skills · With other childrenAnother child reaches for something that belongs to them, and the child wants to defend it without hitting. Ownership, urgency, and another person's body meet around the same object during play.→The daily report says your child had a bad dayEvery Grown-Up · Daycare and sittersThe daycare report describes a bad day for the child. At pickup, the parent receives a version of hours they did not witness and carries that information into the evening at home.→An adult grabbed or hit your childEvery Grown-Up · Something happenedAn adult grabs or hits the child. The person expected to behave safely has crossed a physical line, and the parent is suddenly confronting an event involving both authority and harm.→My child hits me during a meltdownBoth Parents · MeltdownsA meltdown is already underway when the child begins hitting the adult beside them. The moment now holds both an intense emotional outburst and physical contact that cannot simply be ignored.→My child hits or pushes other childrenBoth Parents · With other kidsPlay with other children turns physical when one child hits or pushes another. The shared activity stops abruptly, and several children and adults are now part of the same charged moment.→