Richard and Audrey usually play pretty well together. However, when they do, they start throwing things. They take out toys just so they can throw them. They don't play with their toys. They just throw them. Then the toys break or the books rip or the walls get dented.
I'm tired of taping books that they've thrown, but I hate to just take their books away. I hate to put their toys away, because I need them to have something to do during the day.
Any suggestions on how to teach them that throwing toys and making messes for the sake of making messes is not the best way to treat toys and books?
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When we had a ton of little toys, Kate and Cambri did that, too. We took them all away (all the toys with small pieces) and just left them big ones and it has pretty much stopped. Except now they don't have nearly as many toys, so I'm in the same boat as you!
have you ever shown them the damage they are doing to the different toys when they throw them? If not you could show them the damage that has been done and then try to explain to them that if they are going to treat their toys like this one day they will all be gone because they will be ruined and see if that will help. Sometimes whem my girls get out of control like that and just will not listen or stop I put them in time out.
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