Sigh

Today was as bad as yesterday was good. 

This morning at the gym daycare, Gabe decided to rip up a picture that one of his friends had colored.  

This afternoon at a playdate, Dante took a large plastic toy and hit one of his friends in the face. 

We obviously left immediately, and he went straight to bed when we got home. 

I am not a mean person. Scott is not a mean person. We've made it abundantly clear to the boys how we expect them to behave and why we expect them to behave that way. We reward them for good behavior and we punish them for bad behavior. 

So why on earth would they choose to do things like this? 

I'm more sad than angry. Just very, very sad. 

Comments

[Wes]

The trouble boyz cause gets more "sophisticated" the older they get. You will have it easy for the net 10 years or so :-) It was like tradition in my house. The youngest child ALWAYS clocked the next older child upside the head with a toy when said older child was playing video games or watching TV. Jessica thought this was SO unfair as she never got to clock anybody! LOL...

You and Scott are setting a fine example for your kids. People or so unpredictable, even adults. I wouldn't measure yourself or the kids based on one event, rather a lifetime.

[Chad in the Arizona Desert]

Wes is right. Those early years with boys includes at lot of hitting and acting out. It's not your boys - it's all boys, especially when boys get together. I'm sure you are doing a great job with them. Remember, they are little boys, not little adults. Keep the message consistent and they will turn out just fine.

[www.specialmommyteacher.blogspot.com]

I agree w/ PP that boys will do that. I'm actually in that phase with two of them right now - one of the twins (Matt, 5yr) and Chris (almost 2yr). I use time out in the corner and that really helps with Matt but Chris seems like he forgets about time out when he starts hitting again. Oh well... hopefully the phase will end for you soon as well...