How do I deal with my child's curiosity to open everything?

How do I deal with my child's curiosity to open everything? . Family & Environment . My child is a year and a half. He is curious and mischievous by nature, and loves scattering things, opening drawers, and discovering what's inside. Sometimes he empties everything in the drawer, and sometimes he scatters cosmetics and soils himself. I've tried as much as I can to keep them away, but this is the most I can do — in any case he'll reach them. Sometimes I act calmly and speak calmly and tell him this isn't allowed and he must not scatter the place and soil himself. Other times I get angry and hit him (one or two strikes on the hand only). Is this approach wrong, or should the child know that this is wrong and be hit for it? . First, sister, take it easy on yourself. A year and a half — this is his stage of discovery. He'll go into the drawers and the kitchen and pull out whatever catches his attention. The problem is not in him. This is a stage that requires you to care for his curiosity and help him learn his surroundings, not to crush him and hit him. That may cause him a disturbance in his tarbiyah and his understanding of things. Beware, sister. The child is still small and needs to learn. It is important to hide all the cosmetics from him. It's not impossible — he can't reach every place. Put them where it's hard for him to reach, lock them firmly in your cabinet where he can't get to. Leave him a drawer to explore: he'll empty everything in it, and then what? He'll play and satisfy his curiosity, then turn to something else. Teaching the child is more important than preventing him from reaching everything. Rather, keep danger and valuables away from him, and leave for him what he can explore freely without being hurt. In this stage the child explores, so be his helper in coming to know a world he lives and grows in. Tarbiyah is an art, not striking. Beware of letting it turn into a habitual response with you as they grow — so you respond with hitting alone. This will destroy your tarbiyah project. You need to learn the methods of tarbiyah. I advise you our book, the Toddler Tarbiyah Guide in the Mirath two-year-old curriculum on the channel. Get to know how your child thinks at this age, and how to handle him. Everything that develops your skills in tarbawi handling — strengthen yourself in it. And stay away from the policy of hitting. This is used in advanced cases, in neglect of prayer, or in matters considered red lines in tarbiyah. But hitting for any little thing will lose you respect later, and ruin your modes of communication with your little ones. May Allah grant you success, make your matter easy, delight your eyes with them as righteous offspring, and delight their eyes with you as a blessed mother.