Throwing things, how to curb this?

DS has an awesome arm. BE"H, if he wants to, he could be a baseball pitcher when he grows up.

But in the meantime, all the throwing that goes on in our home is becoming destructive.

He throws anything and everything, food, toys, clothes, etc - anytime we ask him to hand us something, he needs an extra reminder to HAND it, not throw it.

And when he starts throwing food or dishes, we remove them.

But this is becoming absurd. He picks up his toys, books, shoes, etc and throws them everywhere, and this is simply unsafe.

I am at a loss for how to discourage this behavior (we are happy to play ball with him, and give him opportunities to play catch with us).

Advice?

I have no advice--All of mine do this and lately I seem to be the target!

Patience.

It'll pass, all by itself.

Make sure that you are modeling the behavior that you want from him.

I can spend hours of my time reminding the children not to throw things, but if a parent <ahem> forgets and tosses something across the room, his little action undoes all my reminders in a tenth of a second.

Or maybe people DO throw things sometimes, and it's fine. And eventually, the child will figure out when it's ok and when it's not, like everything else in life.

But in general, yeah, children pick up their parents' bad behaviors - of either parent.

What freaks me out, personally, is hearing the children say something that's a direct quote from myself - even when it's good, but even more so when it's something I shouldn't have said in the first place!

on the pitcher. We just said the same about DS on shabbat. He can throw a ball really well, and aim it too.

I'm also with you on the throwing, I keep on telling him nicely that we don't throw things, or try and catch him a second before he looks like he's gonna throw it, but I know it just takes time, and eventually he'll stop.

My kids never do that.

Never, ever, ever, ever, ever.





Nope. Not once.