Anyone ... anyone else experience this???

Has anything in his life changed recently? We are kinda going through a similar situation and I ordered a parenting class called brat busters which focus on being a leader in your home. Which helps encourage your kids to behave in positive manners. Good luck

Hands are not for hitting is a great book. My daughter (same age) was getting in trouble a few weeks ago with hitting. Over the weekend we read the book, played the read aloud on YouTube as she followed along and discuss what hands are for, more than what they’re not for. This really seemed to help. I noticed she’s also getting old enough foot consequences if she has a bad day at preschool. If the teacher said it’s a bad day no tv that day. Maybe correlate the no screen time with school behavior so it’s more cause and effect. Hope some is helpful, as a mom I get it. These are some normal struggles but with work it can improve🫶🏻

What to do when you feel like hitting is what I read to my son. Took a bit for him to actually do the recommendations.

@Kate I saw bratbusters and was considering that or positive parenting solutions. How do you like Bratbusters?

I think it really depends on your kid. My 3 yr old has been acting up lately and taking stuff away doesn't work. Honestly the only thing that's worked is sitting down and having a conversation. Which is usually me asking questions and waiting for her to answer. For example: "why did you pee on the floor" "because I wanted to" "why did you want to" "I just wanted to" "well we need to go in the potty" grumps at me "it's mean to pee on the floor on purpose" "I wanted to be mean" "being mean doesn't get you good things in life. Do you like it when you're friends are mean?" "No" "well others don't like it when you are mean. Since you were mean ans purposefully peed on the ground you will help clean it up before you can go back to playing" If I tried to eliminate toys I think she'd just push back to the point my life was absolutely miserable because her acting out has been a way for her to feel like she has control in her life. That's what's been working for me, but man every kids is so different.