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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 448083" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>I would have to respectfully disagree with MWM. In my experience, mild aggression among toddlers - usually when frustrated, in dispute over a toy, for example - is very common. I have seen it informally, among friends' children, in play groups, nurseries, etc. All sorts of "normal" children doing it. What IS unusual, I quite agree, is unprovoked aggression for no apparent reason. But what I was trying to get at in my post is that younger children can also hit out of a kind of curiosity, just to see what will happen - not from some malicious or strictly aggressive intention. By four, children have of course usually learnt that this is not appropriate, acceptable or desirable. My own difficult child has largely learnt it. But I do not think we can treat it with quite the same seriousness and alarm as a 14 year old hitting someone on the head unprovoked. I hope very much that your son will develop out of this, with help, klltc. And mine, of course <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>Just an afterthought - I don't want to downplay this. I can imagine how disturbing it really is to have your child hurting others in a kind of completely unprovoked aggression. Provoked aggression, which is what happens with my lad, is bad enough... I just think that with small children, there is still all to play for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 448083, member: 11227"] I would have to respectfully disagree with MWM. In my experience, mild aggression among toddlers - usually when frustrated, in dispute over a toy, for example - is very common. I have seen it informally, among friends' children, in play groups, nurseries, etc. All sorts of "normal" children doing it. What IS unusual, I quite agree, is unprovoked aggression for no apparent reason. But what I was trying to get at in my post is that younger children can also hit out of a kind of curiosity, just to see what will happen - not from some malicious or strictly aggressive intention. By four, children have of course usually learnt that this is not appropriate, acceptable or desirable. My own difficult child has largely learnt it. But I do not think we can treat it with quite the same seriousness and alarm as a 14 year old hitting someone on the head unprovoked. I hope very much that your son will develop out of this, with help, klltc. And mine, of course :) Just an afterthought - I don't want to downplay this. I can imagine how disturbing it really is to have your child hurting others in a kind of completely unprovoked aggression. Provoked aggression, which is what happens with my lad, is bad enough... I just think that with small children, there is still all to play for. [/QUOTE]
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