Throwing of toys...

What in the world do you do when they throw toys? This is a new novelty for my two. They just throw them. Not a care in the world. And I should add...I just watched them! :escape: In my defense I did have a baby on me... and I was also wondering what in the world to do with them in terms of discipline! What do you do? Make them pick it up? That would take all day with what they did throw! Do you do time outs?

I love having kids and all...but the raising them to be respectful, courteous, happy-go-lucky little people I want them to be...That is HARD! No one EVER told me about setting rules for them! :blush:
Can you tell I am HORRIFIC at this disciplining thing?

 

If you don't want to do time out for them, put the toy in time out if they throw it. Maybe give a warning and then if they do it again, in time out it goes. We use a high shelf on our book cases for this. GL!

 

I agree with Leighann, we do the same thing, when they throw toys they got put in place that are out of the kids reach.

 

Love the "toy timeout" idea!! Our boys throw toys - and anything else, too.

Finley has started saying "Ohhhh, GO!" before launching something (toys, food, etc.) across the room. Aye Aye Aye. Toddlers. :faint:

 

I don't know, I think if I were a kid, I'd kind of like throwing toys too (and sand, and water, etc.) This is all part of testing the affect different actions have on different things. Now, if safety is at issue, than you can deal with it by offering a safe way for them to throw things to get their impulses out. Kids this age have impulses -- they don't have an inner voice that reminds them that something may not be safe or right or approved.

this does not mean that you would be raising kids who throw things all the time.. most of these experiments are short lived and allow your kid to learn, have fun and have one less thing to be controlled over.

I always find these impulsive behaviors and try to find a safe way for them to express them. Case in point. We have a new dining room table. We don't want them banging their silverware onteh table. So when they started doing so, soon after we got the table, we just put a wooden cutting board ont eh table so that they could use that to bang. THey now ask for the board when they want to bang. If we controlled the bangning (instead of just the Where part) we'd have frustrated kids who might choose to bang the table when I was not looking) It's been proven that kids who are over-controlled end up getting pretty sly about their behaviors. We prefer to allow more than we disallow and just help guide its direction in a productive way.

good luck, you're right the raising kids part is harder than anything else I have done.. but it's wonderfully challenging and keeps me on my toes.

Teri

 

We haven't had too many problems with this, thankfully. We do have a "we only throw balls" rule and I enforce it with time-out but I don't honestly think the rule is why they don't do it much - I think they just don't have much interest. Not like you have time to read in your busy life right now, but 1-2-3 Magic is a great book for gentle but effective discipline that could be good even at your boys' age. They say 2+ but I think it would have worked somewhat around 18 mo or so.

 

I do the same. My DS is into noise and throwing his toys around seems like a great idea to him!

 

Like Erin (twinboys07) we have the "we only throw balls" rule. If they throw a toy, they get a TO. I have had it to where they were both throwing the same toy (taking turns) after I had repeatedly told them to stop...so in that case the toy got taken away. I don't care if they throw balls, stuffed animals, pillows (soft items) but it is those hard, can completely knock you out if you get hit by it toys that I discipline for if they throw. I always give them a warning first, though.