I know 18 month old children are notorious for taking toys from others but this little guy has went from taking occasionally to obsessively taking toys to the point where he isn't playing anymore.
He mainly chooses to take from my son primarily I think because he gets a huge reaction. Ds screams NO MINE and won't let go and then the pulling game begins. I intervene and tell dcb to stop and go play toys and dcb throws a huge fit to the point where he starts trying to hit, kick, or throw toys at us so I have to separate him from the group for safety. Then as soon as he calms down he is looking for the next victim. Rinse and repeat.
I tried setting him up with his own play area and having him sit and play there. But he throws all the toys and screams nonstop...
I tried getting down to his level and calmly telling him xyz hurts please go play with xyz toys instead. He still gets over dramatic.
I haven't addressed this fully with his parents yet as this seems to be an age issue that has escalated perhaps due to the fun of getting a reaction from ds...I did mention that he throws epic tantrums and his parents said he never does that at home...of course he is an only child so they don't see what I see...
How can I tame the taker?
He mainly chooses to take from my son primarily I think because he gets a huge reaction. Ds screams NO MINE and won't let go and then the pulling game begins. I intervene and tell dcb to stop and go play toys and dcb throws a huge fit to the point where he starts trying to hit, kick, or throw toys at us so I have to separate him from the group for safety. Then as soon as he calms down he is looking for the next victim. Rinse and repeat.
I tried setting him up with his own play area and having him sit and play there. But he throws all the toys and screams nonstop...
I tried getting down to his level and calmly telling him xyz hurts please go play with xyz toys instead. He still gets over dramatic.
I haven't addressed this fully with his parents yet as this seems to be an age issue that has escalated perhaps due to the fun of getting a reaction from ds...I did mention that he throws epic tantrums and his parents said he never does that at home...of course he is an only child so they don't see what I see...
How can I tame the taker?
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