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Glad kitty ended up in a loving home.

That kid's learning that Mommy will blame whoever HE punches for him punching. Think of the scary teenage years to come.

Charlene is right. Put the mom down.

Ridiculous questions warrant ridiculous answers!

Watching my own sons when they were little, it wasn't that they learned to hit the dog or cat. It was excitement - cause that is how they play with their toys, too. So the dog or cat is a toy to them. I sat them down on the couch with kitty - no dogs at that time - and we had a "how to gently pet the kitty" lesson. And then if the cat bit - what did you do to the cat? Maybe you shouldn't do that.

I've had friends who are ultra placid, very zen, don't raise voices let alone a hand to a child. Can you imagine their amazement when their toddler started hitting things. Nature v Nurture. Just shows that those traits are part of being an animal, nurture teaches them not to hit like THAT parent needs to train a child to be kind to animals.

My question, when the child is older, will the hitting become violent, animal abuse ?

kids do various things to see how we would react and to express excitement. it is our job to teach them not to do some of those things.

Most humans are just disgusting and naturally bullies. If you are a decent person however, you'd certainly make sure that your children know which behaviour is acceptable and which would never be tolerated, without resorting to hitting. Anything harsher or softer than this is just unacceptable, as your comment and this post show us. Hitting a child hard and on regular basis is not right, but treating him/her like a monarch is even more harmful, if you ask me. I got a few light slaps on the butt when I was little and screwed it real hard but I'm ok, right? In fact, I can safely say my relationship with my parents is noticeably above-average compared to the one of most of my teenage peers. My parents just knew what they were doing because they were never in short of common sense. I raised my dog modelling these disciplining techniques, adapting them when needed to be dog-appropriate. He's still a happy, attached pooch. The only difference: I can always rely on him to follow my commands.

It's not learned the kids two!! They don't know how to express excitement. It's normal two year old actions. What is not normal is that th mom dosnt correct this