A few days ago my husband passed by a house that had a small punching bag for sale. It's actually in great condition...it's the kind that's upright, on a steel pole and spring, and you fill the base of it with sand to keep it from tipping over. He bought it from the guy and brought it home.
We were hoping to be able to channel some of Logan's aggression off of us and onto this punching bag. Last night he put the sand in the bottom and put it up in our front room. Logan went crazy. Open handed slaps, knuckle punches, tackles, kicks...he even started beating it with a shirt. Finally he bent the thing back and I said, "Don't do that! You're going to get hit in the face!" So he let it go and he got hit in the face. He looked stunned. Not in pain, just stunned. And offended. He stared at the punching bag and said, "Hey, that's rude!" And started waling on it again!
So far it has worked really well when he gets agitated and starts taking it out on us or the windows. (Yes, he hits windows.) If you have an autistic child that exhibits a lot of aggression, I would definitely try this!
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