Letter 3

Every time your 3 year-old son does that you should talk with him eye-to-eye in a very firm and stern manner and tell him that that was not good behavior and that you want him to stop throwing stuff on people because this is not nice and the people don't like.  But this is something you must be sure to do each time he behaves this way. When he develops the association between hitting and throwing things and being placed on time outs the behavior will diminish in frequency. Expect that the improvement will occur gradually, not dramatically or overnight.