[brokengirl]

my son is very advance for his age, and he gets so frustrated with himself when he cant do what he thinks he should be able to do, and the way he acts out for it is to hit, he used to hit me he gave me a black eye once, he doesnt do that to much anymore but now he hits himself and i dont mean lightly, he smacks himself pretty hard and it worrys me cause nothing i do seems to work as far as getting him to stop, i hate seeing hi, do this and i dont know what to do if anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

[thelostone]

how old is he?

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[romanjames2004]

It seems to me that your son just might have some self esteem issues. He hits himself and other people because he does not no of anyway to show his frustration. I am assuming that he sees himself as a faliure when he cannot complete a certain task. Just try to do things that will make him feel good about himself. Try encouraging him and not being too competitive. On the other hand don't spoil him. That will be even worse and he will use the problem to his advantage. I had this sort of thing hapen in my family. Here is a website that will help you more than I could.

http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/...f_esteem.shtml

And please don't feel that it is your fault because it is not. I am sure you are a good mom and will do whatever you must for your son.

Good luck.
Roman James

[brokengirl]

oh sorry yeah the age is kinda important, hes 2 years old. and thanks romanjames i'll take a look at the website,

[thelostone]

he sounds very similar to my grandson who is about to turn 2. this is not actually uncommon behavior for this age. as long as he is not drawing blood, the best thing to do is actually ignore it. if he hits you tell him firmly that it is not nice, put him in a safe place(room, crib, etc) and walk away. pretty much the same thing if he is hitting himself. it should correct itself shortly as he learns to communicate better. one of my daughters was the same way and it was over by the time she was 3. hope this helps.

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[brokengirl]

thank you it dose help and i hope it does correct itself, thank you for helping me out in this, im was getting really concerned, i thought something major was wrong with him. i'll try wat you suggested and i'll try to keep you posted thank you again.