AAggressive behaviour is when a child reacts in a hostile way towards peers, siblings or adults. It can include verbal and physical aggression. There are lots of reasons why your child might be aggressive. Surprisingly it might be because the child is feeling anxious or unsafe.
Aggression can be Verbal or Physical.
When infants display anger and aggression, it is often due to discomfort, pain or frustration. Older babies will use aggression to protect themselves, express anger, or get what they want. When your baby is aggressive, it is because he has not learned a better way of behaving.
Aggression is part of normal Development
During the first year, infants are not often thought of as behaving aggressively, and yet encounters in which an infant pushes, pulls, or exerts force against another are signs of the outwardly directed energy and assertiveness that reflect the healthy maturation of aggression.
Strategies to tame the aggression.
- Stay calm
- Don’t give in to tantrums or aggressive behavior
- Catch your child being good
- Catch your child being good
- Know your child’s patterns and identify triggers
- Find appropriate rewards
Although physical aggression in young children is completely normal, it does not mean it’s acceptable. They need to learn positive behaviors to override negative impulses, and in young children that can take time, a lot of repetition, and patience.
Most of the time, parents forget to acknowledge their children for their good behavior at home and in school. Teachers give toddlers stars or stamps that symbolize they performed well. If children feel their parents neglect them, they may display aggressive behaviour to catch attention.
Here's how to stop a toddler from hitting
- Stay calm
- Try to hold the child with love
- Offer distractions. A ball, balloon, punching bag etc. to vent out
- Change the environment
- Don’t tell the child they’re “bad”
- Take notice of good behavior & repeat appraisal
- Help your child learn to express themselves by naming emotions
- Know your child’s patterns and identify triggers
- Find appropriate rewards
Is it normal for toddlers to not want to go to daycare?
It’s perfectly normal for a child to have a temper tantrum or two and even become slightly morose once they start daycare, but this behavior usually stops after they get used to the change.
Most of the time, parents forget to acknowledge their children for their good behavior at home and in school. Teachers give toddlers stars or stamps that symbolize they performed well. If children feel their parents neglect them, they may display aggressive behaviour to catch attention.
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