charleigh has been hitting mary a lot lately. she is 3 and a half where as mary is almost 2. ceej is being quite the bully. it is driving me absolutely crazy. today i went to the extremes.
she has begun lying, saying that mary is hitting her when im not watching...i hear mary scream in pain and charleigh yell, 'mary! dont hit!' at first i didnt know who to believe, but marys tears are pretty obvious in this who-done-it case. so any way, ive done everything to stop the hitting, time-out, taken away toys, hit her myself, lectures, etc... nothing seems to be doing the trick.
today at lunch i did i think the meanest thing ever. i told her if she continues to hit, she will have to live with another family. i caught her attention. she would have an ugly bedroom with black walls and no toys, a really mean mom and dad that didnt love her, and no baby brother jax. i related her hitting, to roxy, a dog we no longer have. roxie has a different family because she bit our neighbor. ceej had about a million questions and ended up in tears. i instilled how important it is never to hit, all the reasons, and the consequence.
so hopefully she is done hitting. or this is just the beginning of years of therapy. hopefully what i did will turn out positive. any parenting advise on this matter would be wonderfully appreciated.
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