15 months and energetic

You can always tell him that it's not allowed and that there are consequences for his behavior, but 15 months is indeed very young. On the other hand, he still needs to learn that it's not allowed. Luckily, these phases pass and it'll get better, but at this age they really start becoming little personalities who explore and try everything. Good luck

I've never put my two kids in the corner at any age. You only do that in my opinion if your child does something on purpose. Does he really want to hurt his mom on purpose? Because what you're giving him is punishment, while punishment is something you give to someone who does something consciously. I think, no matter how strange it may seem at this age, he's just asking for a little extra attention. Is that bad? No, don't worry. Give it to him. When he hits you, give him love, hug him, and say Mommy is in pain. Cry if you have to, let him feel that you're sad and in pain. Only then will he become aware of what he's doing. Love, Joze

and I can say that because I have a very active daughter myself. The youngest one isn't like that. And what also works is ignoring him, but never making him sit in the corner. That doesn't work. He clearly asks for attention, but in the wrong way. By putting him in the corner at that age, you're giving him the message that you don't love him, instead of making it clear.

that you disapprove of his behavior

I agree with Joze. Don't focus too much on punishment, but show him that you're hurt when he hits. That way, he'll learn the emotion of pain.

never forget this is for all parents what you do wrong now in your child's childhood is damage for their entire future life

What I always do with my 2-year-old daughter Floor is... she used to scratch me, even in my face, if she didn't get her way. But instead of getting angry, I'd calm her down. It's really hard, but when she was so angry and frantic, I couldn't reach her or explain that it was wrong. First, I'd try to calm her down, and then much later, once she'd cooled off, I'd talk to her a lot, explaining how much it hurt Mama. I'm also not really into punishment, or rather, not at all.

My son was 13 months old when we introduced the timeout corner, and he’ll really realize that it’s a punishment.
A child needs to learn that there are consequences for doing things they’re not supposed to do.
Now my son is 2.5 years old and going through the toddler-puberty phase, really testing boundaries. He still goes to the timeout corner when he does something we don’t tolerate, and the timeout is now a combination of warning, then sending him to the corner where he stays for a few minutes depending on his age, followed by an explanation afterward about why he got in trouble, and ending with a hug, kiss, and sorry.

I don’t do that with my daughter. You know what it is? They have to do so much at such a young age. I always hear “they have to, they have to,” but they should just learn to sit still, they have to do this, they have to do that. But when they’re older, they’ll have to do so much. Let them be kids now while they still can.

I want to talk about something completely different for a moment, because I rarely hear anyone mention what I see around me and notice. For example, in a supermarket, a mother is walking with her toddler who is trying to get her attention at that moment. It’s a toddler who has absolutely no idea that her mother’s head isn’t in it because she’s stressed and has to concentrate on the shopping. I hear the child repeatedly saying, “Mama, Mama, I made a beautiful drawing for you at school.” The woman—her mother—sighs but gives her daughter no answer. She says it two more times. Her mother sighs even more. The child gets no contact and pulls on her mother’s sleeve. “Mama, I made that drawing for you, do you hear me?” Suddenly, to my surprise, she says in a raised voice, “Will you stop your nagging, Mama, Mama!” but the child continues, “I made it for you.” She says, “Shut up, how am I supposed to do my shopping normally?” And while she says that, she gives her a slap on the face. The child starts crying very loudly. And what does she say? “If you don’t stop now, you’ll get punished when we get home.” The child starts crying even harder, and the woman screams, “Yes, you’re choosing not to stop, you’re going to get punished!” I watched this, and my heart truly broke. So what I’m trying to say here is that not every punishment is justified. I and I think I speak for all mothers when I say that every mother is sometimes tired or stressed or just completely overwhelmed. Then you can’t have as much patience with your child, while your child might be trying to tell you something in their enthusiasm. It doesn’t suit you at that moment, but a toddler or baby can’t know that. And then you might quickly say “shut up” or punish them, while the child at that moment just really wanted your attention for a little while. I often say to my two-year-old daughter, “Mama is a bit tired, will you please be quiet?” A child understands more than you think if you take them seriously and talk to them. Explain that you’re not feeling great right now, but that it has nothing to do with them. When they’re, say, four years old, some mothers also make the mistake of saying, “You’re being naughty.” Instead, you should say, “You’re doing something naughty.” This teaches the child that they are good, but that you don’t like their behavior, because a toddler’s subconscious takes everything literally. I got that from an educator; I didn’t figure that out myself. Love, Lieke

Sorry for some typos, done on mobile.

I do that too, mornings for example. It's stressing and rushing in the morning. My 4-year-old daughter often has a tantrum and doesn't want to cooperate when getting dressed. Nowadays I say Yara if you don't hurry up, mom will be late and my boss will get angry. That helps. Luckily my daughter says then oh really? And she gets dressed. If I had known that earlier, but well I know it now. That's also the only thing that helps. Or I sometimes add that if mom's boss gets angry, I won't get any money anymore and can't buy you guys any ice cream anymore. I mean then her and her sister, no punishment comes into play for us. I'm also one of those moms who is against punishment and explains everything. I was also raised that way without punishment and my mom also explained everything to me and my 2 brothers and I do that now with my own children and I see that too with my brothers but I respect everyone's own way. Greetings Nienke

dreamer87, punishing is the easiest way. If you don't feel like it or it doesn't suit you, you punish your child. You say a child has to learn what is allowed and what isn't. The word "must" sounds so negative to my ears. Short and sweet: he has to learn, so he gets punished. But speak for yourself, your own child maybe? Not every child. And if you're honest, isn't it often the case that the reason you punish him is because you're not in the mood yourself at that moment, or you don't really care if he learns from it, or you just don't feel like dealing with him? Greetings, Donna

Donna, how old is your child(ren)?

My son is now in the toddler-puberty phase, which is, next to puberty, the biggest rebellious period.

A child needs to learn norms and values; that doesn't come naturally.
If you allow hitting, kicking, biting, talking back, etc., they will never learn that this is unacceptable behavior.

And no, he's not going to the corner because I'm fed up; he's going to the corner because I don't tolerate his behavior.

My daughter is 4, almost 5, and my youngest just turned 3.

What I really want to ask you is, at what times does your baby do that?

Is that often at times when you're really busy with something? Or not?

My oldest daughter also has frequent tantrums. I'm only now realizing it's because I have to divide my attention between her and her younger sister. For example, in the evenings when I'm putting the youngest to bed, I give my phone to my oldest so she can play games on it, allowing me a quiet moment to put my youngest to bed. But suddenly, my oldest starts screaming, "Mama!" I tell her I'm just putting her sister to bed, so she should go play and be patient. But at that moment, she gets upset, and I often have to stop the bedtime story I'm reading for the youngest and run to my oldest. Usually, she plays quietly with the game until I'm done.

and also when I bathe my daughters, it's a drama. Whenever I take them out of the bath, every time I take my youngest out, my oldest starts vomiting and hits the youngest. I never understood why and it made me feel so discouraged. But then my mom pointed out to me: you don't notice that you always take the youngest out of the bath first and that the oldest always has to wait. You always tell your oldest daughter to wait a bit first, Melissa, even though she's still so little. And then I started paying attention that I accidentally pull my youngest out of the bath while my oldest is still so small that it hurts her. My mom opened my eyes and that it hurts every single time. When I got angry at her because she vomited, it actually had a cause for why she did it. Namely, that she also needed that same attention and so she asked for negative attention instead.