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Help with my 4 year old son!?
I am completely at my wits end. I have 4 children, a 6 year old, a 4 almost 5 year old, a 3 year old and a 1 year old. My 4 year old is killing me. I tell him over and over not to do stuff, i put him in time out, give him spankings, send him to his room, i would take toys away if he ever had a favorite one. Nothing is working. Like today, he keeps getting my keys and trying to unlock the doors of the van. He got them 3 different times while i was dealing with other things and I had to go chase him down and get them back. The 4th time I got them I found that he had broken the ring that was holding them so now I can't find my house key. And this is just one example, he pushes and pushes and pushes. I have tried just giving him mommy time where its just me and him, thinking that maybe he just wasn't getting enough attention. That hasn't seemed to help at all either. I truly have no Idea how to deal with it and it makes me feel like I am a bad parent. I would really like to nip this behavior in the butt before NOW, so that he isn't this way when he is older. Does anyone have any helpful Ideas on how to handle him.
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- ?Lv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
It seems possible that he needs more stimulation and challenge than he is currently getting.
For example, with the locks and keys, I went to the Two Dollar Store and bought my son some harness clips, padlocks and a combination lock. I latch them together in a difficult to undo combination and let him work undo it. Also, I think many parents who have fewer children would probably just allow the child to get over his fascination with locks and supervise him unlocking the van. It would be a very interesting activity for a child that age. I remember being that age and loving that sort of thing myself.
It must be difficult when you have many children and need to balance all their needs, but I would try to work out ways to get more challenge into your 4 year old's day, as it sounds like he just needs more than he is getting.
- 9 years ago
Your four year old has adhd. He's overly hyper. Take him to the doctor who will refer you to a specialist to confirm this. They will run tests, time how many things he's doing in a certain amount of time, time how long he will sit still, etc., then they are going to offer you pills for him to take daily. So you will have a choice to make.
- Anonymous9 years ago
well go to somewhere special and tell him he cant go if he doesn't behave for a week if he misbehaves more than three times go somewhere with your other children and leave him with a family member or a baby sitter
