The kids I watch are always hitting each other but other than that they’re angels for me. They sometimes turn into demons when their mom gets home though lol. As far as the hitting I’m always telling the oldest boy he needs to be a good big brother to his sister and stop hitting her but I don’t think it’s sunk in yet…
1 - What’s something your child[ren] does/do that really irritates you?
2 - How do you get kids to stop hitting each other? Time-outs don’t really phase them (3 & 4)
1. Lately it’s been leaving lights on. Every time they enter a room, every overhead light and lamp must come on, no matter the time of day. That would be fine, except they don’t turn them off then when they leave the room. They leave a little trail in every room they enter. Our electric bill is going to be insane if they keep this up.
2. K gave out a good tip once - pretend the hitting is an accident, i.e. "Oops! Look at that, you two are so close to each other you’re knocking into one another! We can’t have that! So let’s just put _you_ right over here, and then _you_ can go over there! There we go!" I’ve tried this tip once or twice before with good results. Confuses the kids into behaving.