Help a Mom: Toddler won't stop hitting kids at preschool

Her 18-month-old son might get thrown out of his preschool because he won't stop hitting his classmates.

Posted 1:38 a.m. Jan 11, 2012 — Updated 1:38 a.m. Jan 11, 2012

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall

I recently ran into a Go Ask Mom reader at a local park, who was wondering how to handle an issue with her 18-month-old son.

Her very active little boy keeps hitting his classmates at the preschool he attends twice a week. It's become such a problem that the school is almost ready to throw him out.

He is only aggressive with other kids, usually those smaller than him. And it rarely happens in front of the mom, so she is not sure how to discipline him for something he did hours before at school when she wasn't there. The school attempts to steer the boy to another activity, but it doesn't stop him from hitting again.

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