S1 E11 All about why children need boundaries and how to do this in a kind, loving and respectful way
The Montessori Notebook podcast :: a Montessori parenting podcast with Simone Davies
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What Happens When a Child Hits Another Child?
Toddlers don't hit or bite to hurt the other child, they're doing it mostly as an act of communication or testing a limit. So if i hit someone, what happens? You know, and that's how children figure out, because they can't verbally say,. so they hit, and then they wait for our response. If they hit someone and we're giving them all the attention, then it's like, oh, well, if i hit some one, the coal comes and hangs out with me. But if if i'm giving my attention to the other child that kind of changes the game a little bit., she says. She doesn't force the child to say
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