Good book and my son engages with the story! I am rating four stars because although it teaches that hitting is bad, it doesn’t help educate on other behaviors or alternatives to hitting.

2024-07-09

Great book for my toddler that is in daycare and needed to learn healthy developmental expression when it comes to social emotional learning and frustration tolerance. She loved it.

2026-02-05

As always, the Lovevery product delivers! Such a sweet book to start a conversation about hitting.

2025-02-24

One of our favorite books!! My two year old loves reading this and talking about how it’s okay to be upset, but not okay to hit!!

2025-02-01

I love this topic as it’s something any child deals with. It’s great because it discusses one child’s frustration with being teased and another child being hurt.

2025-01-31

This book is relatable to my children. The first time I read it to my 4 year old and 2 year old, they understood what was going on and how we can make things better.

2025-01-29

My 22 month old loves this book! He interpreters the photos a little differently, especially when the little sister hits Mia, but it's very fun to watch how he makes up his own story.

2025-01-09

My son absolutely loves the lovevery board books. He loves to see the items in the books are the same ones he has, he’s able to apply the book to real life. We love the hitting hurts books, he loves to turn back the pages and we talk about how the little girl is sad and we model apologizing and talking our feelings. I am so grateful for lovevery for giving me the tools to raise my kids with the right messages.

2025-01-02

Our daughter has found it really helpful for our almost 2 year old grandson and interactions with his 4 year old sister.

2024-12-18

Love all their books but this one has really helped to teach my daughter to not hit other kids at daycare. Definitely worth getting it.

2024-10-20

Our family has been working on our 4 year old's hitting (towards 1-year-old) and hoped this book would support that, but it's geared toward a slightly younger age. The parent's response/conversation is still a helpful model for us as parents, but learning to use words instead of hands/asking an adult for help is still a struggle for us (though slowly improving).

2024-10-06

we love this book. The message is powerful, made my kids connect with their emotions and me learn how to manage this situation. Thank you, as always, amazing job.

2024-10-01

This Visual has been helpful to drive it home. My 3 year old knows “hitting hurts” but this has helped in the attacks when he’s frustrated

2024-09-12

Like all Lovevery books, our kids love this one. It's accessible, engaging, and provides a script to talk about hitting.

2024-08-13

We love this! It is very effective in addressing biting behaviors in an approachable and respectful way.

2024-06-23

This is a great book to open conversations about biting and handling big emotions!

2024-06-11

A great narrative to the ups and downs of sibling life and how to make peace in times of disagreement.

2024-06-08

Lovery books are so relatable and convey big concepts easily to our toddler. He’s loved all the books since he was a baby and I will continue to buy these!

2024-06-06

My daughter really took to this book and this helped her understand what we have been reinforcing all along. She will reference the book when her or someone else hits/bites.

2024-06-05

I think the story line is just a bit too complex/long to keep my son's attention. But he's not quite 2, and hopefully his attention span will grow so we can reap the full benefits of this lesson.

2024-05-20