| There is a more than a grain of truth when | | | | place and time! However, strategies such as |
| people say that children will model their behavior | | | | agreeing to talk about it in a calmer moment, |
| on that of their parents. After all, the parents are | | | | listening to each other and learning to negotiate |
| watched and copied all the time. Parents are the | | | | are key elements to follow so that the child is not |
| role model for the children and often child | | | | accustomed to shouting and aggression. |
| behavior problems can have their origin in how | | | | The second tip is to try to reduce the amount of |
| parents behave themselves in certain difficult | | | | violence coming into your home in the form of |
| situations. | | | | violent media, TV, video and computer games. |
| Observing child anger and violent behavior may | | | | The list is long and sometimes the violence and |
| alert the parent to what is happening and should | | | | the way it is glorified on these shows is |
| start ringing alarm bells and force the parent to | | | | frightening to say the least. Child behavior |
| take action rather than burying one's head in the | | | | problems have been linked to overexposure of |
| sand. Sometimes parents are alarmed to find their | | | | this type of media. |
| children involved in hitting other children and | | | | The third tip is for parents to get help from |
| siblings, cruelty to animals and maybe distancing | | | | various sources and it is always great to talk to |
| from peers and figures in authority. | | | | the figures your child has everyday contact with, |
| Let us take anger as an example. How do | | | | for example his teachers and counsellors. There |
| parents behave when they have an argument or | | | | could be common patterns of behavior which the |
| are involved in a very tense aggressive moment | | | | parent and the teacher have noted are common |
| themselves. Very often , there is a moment | | | | both at school and at home. If you both agree on |
| when control is lost and results in violent action | | | | how they should be dealt with then that is a great |
| such as door slamming. This is sometimes | | | | way to start because it avoids a two tier system |
| accompanied by name calling and sometimes | | | | where certain behaviours are allowed at either |
| physically attacking the spouse. | | | | school and/or at home. |
| The first tip in dealing with child anger is for | | | | These are just the first steps in learning some |
| parents to try to set the example for their | | | | techniques and strategies in behavior modification. |
| children to follow. Ideally, the argument should | | | | Find out some more by clicking on the link below. |
| take place in a place where children are not | | | | Child behavior problems left unchecked can often |
| present at all but that is not always possible. We | | | | lead to ruined adult lives, drug abuse and |
| cannot program our fights to happen at a certain | | | | delinquency. |