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re: harmful thoughts

My 6 year old child keeps having thoughts about hurting my new baby since my split with her father the baby is to my new partner what can i do i dont want to be drastic and send her back to live with my ex but it is causing stress between us. I dont know whether she can be trusted to be alone with the baby although she hasn't ever actually been aggresive before but my older children seem to behave badly to each other i dont know whether this is a continuous problem but i dont want things to go any further.
Please if you can get back to me asap as i'm at the end of my tether.

Re: re: harmful thoughts

you have to assure her that she is loved very much and that the baby is by no means taking her place. try to involve her in taking care of the baby like helping with preparing the bottle and so on if she feels involved she is less likely to want to hurt him. please don't do anything drastic if she realise that you are thinking of sending her away she will think you'll love the baby more than you love her. be sure that your new partner sends the same message. hope i was of help