My 20 month old son has started slapping and kicking me, I have been correcting him in a stern manner but no shouting for about 3 months and it’s like I don’t even exist. If I correct him or take something away that’s when he starts hitting. And today was the final straw I took him to a child play area in which he was fine but everytime a child would go near what he was playing with he would immediately run over to me slap me repeatedly and scream and cry, nearly every parent in there was scolding me I was so ashamed I even heard one woman saying I should put him In a cage. Eventually I just left I had to restrain him as he was now hysterical and just lashing out at only me but usaully he does hit the children too. He has no siblings and doesn’t go to nursery as I’m a stay at home mom. He is a lovely boy but he is just getting more and more aggressive as the weeks pass. People think his the devil and that I’m a awful mother but I try my best, he has a routine and sleeps beautifully from 7.30pm-8am with a occasional nap for a hour in the day (Somedays he just won’t nap) he has two parents who love him, he has home cooked food and doesn’t get given chocolate or sweets often as i read this can make it worse. He can’t talk at all he can’t even say mommy. I’m not sure if I need to start putting him into nursery so he can learn to mingle with kids his own age or what I just don’t know what to do...... please give me some advice I’m at my Whitt’s end so much so I’m actually going to stop taking him to play areas as his behaviour is just getting out of control