Parenting Preschoolers (3-5) Support Group

This community is focused on the joys, challenges and concerns faced by parents of preschoolers (3 to 5 year olds). The major areas of child development include: physical development, perception and sensory development, communication and language development, cognitive development, emotional development and social development. Join to share your stories and get advice.

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andi0828 01/19/2015

My son is 3 he will be 4 in april i also have a one year old and i am struggling!! My 3 year old is off the wall crazy all the time i don't know how to cal or discipline him nothing works. taking things away not letting him have set things time out soap in his mouth( his father has wide vocabulary) he dose not learn he will get hurt doing something and get right back up and do it again. I don't know what to do he doesn't take a name and its like he has 3 speeds sleeping running like crazy and sitting still playing a game on the tablet. I love when he is calmly playing his game ( all learning games) but i can't have him always glued to a game. Any tips i just get so wore out after the same thing all day i give in and give him his game to just have time to calm down.

LucilleM 02/20/2015

My experience with children is raising three daughters and now I have four grandsons and one granddaughter. What I find helpful is to take children out to parks. Let them play outdoors while you supervise them. It's fun to watch children physically active and also get lots of fresh air. Try taking your children out every day to a park and if its raining or snowing find a indoor play structure. On rainy days we found a great play structure at a McDonalds. When I take the children out I let them play a minimum of two hours.

Your son may just be bored and needs more physical activity.

roseBud23 02/22/2015

Kids are very high energy at that age. I agree with the other reply daily physical activity will do wonders. When my daughter was hyper my husband and I had to try many different healthy changes to see what would help. No sugar after 2 pm has been a big help, talking to her at her eye level, giving her opportunities to give her good attention, limiting tv and computer, increasing more reading and quiet time (especially before bed), and overall thinking in terms of "setting her up for success". Meaning being realistic of what she's capable of and encouraging her to try things and activities that I will be happy and proud of her to do later on w/out my help I.e play quietly with her toys, interested in puzzles, dress up, etc.

After exercising all those things I am happy to see a grand improvement in the course of a yr.

Its impossible not to get overwhelmed as a parent with a child who has high energy....the important thing to learn however is that it is 10 times more confusing and overwhelming to him.

Good luck

Ps it'll get better...trust me

LucilleM 02/25/2015

I am in total agreement with rosebud -- it is easy to become overwhelmed with children -- it's a tough job and I dare say the toughest jobs I've had was raising my children and now helping raise my grandchildren so don't beat yourself up andi0828 -- most of us who've spent any amount of children get it.

poline 10/12/2015

Positive reinforcement is one of the best things to influence a kid. Try to find more cool things like his favourite game and give it to him when he behaves himself.

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