How do you teach your kid to keep their hands to

[speckledfrog]

Is she just overly handsy? I would talk to her, very specifically, about personal space. What it means, how much a person needs, how to determine if someone needs space by their words or actions, etc and then make a "code word" for when she's all up in your grill. Lots of reminders and practicing and then praise when she gets it on her own.

[speckledfrog]

You can also brainstorm some ideas on how to get someone's attention/play with them without touching them and then practice that as well.

[Kristinmo]

Sept 17, 2014 12:41:38 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

My sister is trying to teach Peanut that when he wants to get somebody's attention and that somebody is a woman he is not to pat her boobs. Because he just reaches up and pats the chest of somebody when he wants to get their attention.

DS has recently become obsessed with my boobs. He keeps wanting to "flatten those out". Fortunately it's only when I'm not wearing a bra at bed time so I'm not too concerned about him doing it to other people.

[usuallylurking]

Sept 17, 2014 12:55:53 GMT -5 cjoy said:

Sept 17, 2014 12:47:30 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Well, I bet that gets their attention pretty quickly. As does smacking their ass. cjoy (heart)

LOL. IKEA shoppers, beware!

E also does the boob pat. OMG. He doesn't even realize he's doing it.

DS1 is also a boob patter.  He also doesn't realize he's doing it.  I've tried calling attention to it to correct him and he's just so "huh?" because he doesn't realize that he's doing anything wrong.

[eddy]

Jack's teacher gave him a specific square to sit on during circle time. This helped a TON.

Jack is very handsy. It is a struggle.

[rex]

given her other sensory stuff i see this as less of a behavioral problem and more sensory possibly.

of course she needs to keep her hands to herself and learn how to, but maybe she needs other strategies to occupy her hands when she is idle? circle time and standing in line suck when you are a "handsy" kid!

we also just used to move kids out of line to the back when they were not keeping their hands to themselves, or give them designated circle spots.

[nannersp]

I have no words of wisdom, but this reminds me of our recent back-to-school picnic. I met a couple of other kindergartners that my daughter plays with often. And both of them, separately, ran up to my gal and tried to pick her up in fits of excitement. (My daughter was not thrilled.) It struck me as just an age thing among some of the kiddos.

I reminded my daughter that she's the boss of her own body, and she should speak up if she doesn't want someone touching her like that. Apparently she does speak up more about it now, although she also welcomes their playful playground hugs on occasion and tells me about it during our daily wrap-up over dinner.