The Answer to Hitting

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

JLML Press

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

A parent writes that she's struggling with her nearly 2.5-year old's hitting. Her toddler also talks a lot about pushing and hitting her friends "almost as if it's a joke." The parent's various attempts to curb this behavior aren't working, and she's feeling defeated. Meanwhile, the toddler's language is sounding increasingly intense and violent. Janet advises a reframe that's simpler than most parents might expect and applies to many other concerning childhood behaviors as well. Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at ⁠⁠NoBadKidsCourse.com⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠JanetLansbury.com⁠⁠. Please support our sponsors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.9	Hi, this is Janet Lansbury.
0:59.4	Welcome to Unruffled.
1:04.4	Today I'm going to be offering an answer to hitting.
1:10.2	That applies also to other kinds of concerning behaviors that children have. It's not always so easy for us to grasp
1:15.0	and really internalize, but it's much simpler than we may have imagined this answer. So I'm going to
1:22.8	jump right in with this parent's note to me. She said, hi, Janet, I'm not really sure where to start. I
1:30.7	somewhat know what is going on, but I feel very overwhelmed and defeated by the problem I'm having
1:36.0	with my almost two and a half year old daughter. She's the most wonderful, social, confident,
1:41.7	smart, free-spirited, and adorable girl. Everyone in our community is obsessed
1:47.3	with her and applauds me at how advanced she is, socially, emotionally, and physically.
1:52.9	I am pregnant with her soon-to-be little brother, and she has a half-brother who is with us
1:58.1	every other weekend. Lately, she's been talking about pushing and hitting
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