3 year old behavior

My newly turned 3 year old can not keep his hands to himself. He got a bad report from daycare on Thursday, Friday, and Monday saying that he pulled on other kid's shirts.

When it happened on Thursday, I told him no TV the next day if he did it again. He was apparently better on Friday, but not great. They said he did try VERY hard to be good, but sometimes forgets when he gets very involved with playing. Yesterday since he got a bad report, I didn't let him watch TV. He kept asking and I kept telling him when he gets a good report from daycare, he can watch it again.

I tried to talk to him about his behavior, but he is not always good at communicating especially if he is in the "hot seat". (He can talk just fine, but is not good at answering my questions if that makes sense). Daycare thinks it is a phase, but would like me to do a rewards/sticker chart to try to curtail this behavior before it becomes an issue. I am fine with this and made a Thomas chart that we will start using tomorrow.

Any other ideas?

TIA!

3 year old behavior

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Re: 3 year old behavior

He may need more specific rules than a "good report" from daycare. From his pov, that's very abstract and what does good mean? It can be "don't touch anyone else" "play nicely", etc.

Re: 3 year old behavior

3 year old behavior

I gave him two rules yesterday/this morning:

1. Be a good listener
2. Keep his hands to yourself

He's relatively good at home and only gets an occasional timeout. When speaking to one of the assistants, she noted that DS likes to hug and sometimes some of the kids don't like to be hugged.

I don't think they're allowed to do time outs. It needs to be positive reinforcement.

Today he got a good report so fingers crossed.