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Hands Are Not for Hitting is a book that children will listen to. I am a therapist and work with children - many who have problems with anger and who are ADHD. This little book is one that is easy for children to understand and it teaches them skills that they can take away with them to use at home or at school.
It is not only a great book for my 2 year old, but also as a school social worker I used it was Kindergardners. I love not only the story and message, but then the book offers numerous supplemental ideas for working on having safe and appropriate hands :)
Great Book. Says alot about the subject and helps teach in a non-threatening(mommy) way. Son and daughter both love it.
Children learn through their environment and life experiences, just as adults do. Fantastic reading experience to have with a child. It is NEVER ok to strike a child, no matter what the reason may be. Because you were hit, it doesn't make it ok for you to pass the trait onto your child. First, I want to address those who think it ok to "occasionally resort to a spank" and "is NOT abuse". highly recommended. Oh, and adding a link to a right-wing "family research" website doesn't really work in proving a point, but thanks for the contribution to Practical Idealist's "review", little darling.Now, onto the book. We've all seen it, don't bother trying to make an excuse.
It's written in such a way that any child from 3 years old on can understand and enjoy. When you hit (spank, slap, tap, whatever), you teach that hitting is ok to do. Get with the times and stop living in the 19th century. It has portions of interaction, asking children to give examples of what to do with their hands based on the topic previously discussed. The difference is, they're too young to have a lot of experience to draw from to determine right from wrong. Try to explain it away with, "you deserved that because of what you did, but don't YOU ever hit someone." will only confuse the child to the point where they begin hitting other children when they've "done wrong". My five year old boy loves the section where the book gives ideas of things to do with hands instead of hitting, and has even come up with some very creative ideas of his own such as picking a nose and petting a dog, to just name a couple.
There was a picture of Jennifer Garner reading to a group of kids and she commented about how great this book as well as "is your mama a lama." Since her daughter is just a bit older than my son I checked it out and I'm glad I did. This book is a bit old for my 3-year old son but he still gets a lot out of it and it has been very helpful to help him think about what it means when he hits and that it's not nice. I heard about the book from a caption in People magazine. Definitely a book to keep around and revisit over the next 1-2 years when he will understand the language even better. But he loves it and requests it and if I say, "hands are not for hitting" it brings up powerful visuals for him and helps him not hit.
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