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My 26 month old dd will occassionally push one of her pals. Usually, the other kid is in her space, and the pushing is related to that. I have been workring on talking with her about how we don't push, pushing hurts, etc, and teaching her to say "I need some space" and when that doesn't work, saying "No! Back off!" and then trying to get help from an adult.
My thing is, though, I actually think that if someone is crowding her and using her words doesn't work, I want her to eventually be able to physically defend her self and her space. so I don't actually want to teach her to never ever push.
the prtoblem is, right now it's an issue with other similarly aged kids who maybe don't get that she's telling them to get out of her space, and I don't want to in any way be understood (by her or anyone else!) to be advocating that she push her buddies.
Any thoughts?
My thing is, though, I actually think that if someone is crowding her and using her words doesn't work, I want her to eventually be able to physically defend her self and her space. so I don't actually want to teach her to never ever push.
the prtoblem is, right now it's an issue with other similarly aged kids who maybe don't get that she's telling them to get out of her space, and I don't want to in any way be understood (by her or anyone else!) to be advocating that she push her buddies.
Any thoughts?