| Are you dealing with aggressive behavior in children? | | | | way that this is going to in: someone is going to lose. If |
| Aggression in children can be very scary thing to have | | | | it is truly a threat, your child may likely call it and figure |
| to deal with. Your aggressive child may be yelling or | | | | out whether or not you're bluffing or not. Do you really |
| kicking or scratching. The list of bad behaviors can go | | | | want to go through with what you just threaten to do? |
| on and on. This type of aggressive behavior in children | | | | If not, don't say it. You need to be honest, consistent, |
| can not be tolerated. At the same time, the | | | | and calm. Set up consequences way before the |
| overreaction or the temper tantrum in the adult can | | | | aggressive behavior shows up. |
| make things worse. We will take a look at what not to | | | | Do Not Throw Your Own Temper Tantrum |
| do if your child has aggressive tendencies. | | | | Too often, when a child goes ballistic with a parent i.e. |
| Do Not Yell | | | | showing aggressive behavior, the parent who is |
| Yelling at a child that is showing aggressive type | | | | responsible for the child will lose their cool. They will yell, |
| behavior is only going to escalate the problem. When | | | | they will stomp their feet, maybe even cry. Often, they |
| you lose your cool and show your child that yelling or | | | | will start belittling their child and telling the child how |
| showing extreme emotions is the way to deal with | | | | horrible they are. A child that is exhibiting aggressive |
| your frustration you are reinforcing the idea that | | | | behavior is similar to one of those stress faults. If you |
| bursting out is acceptable. You must stay calm. | | | | just slowly push and prod is very malleable. But as |
| Do Not Threaten | | | | soon as you strike suddenly he gets very hard. This is |
| As soon as you make an ultimatum there is only one | | | | very typical for aggressive children. |