The Angry Child

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This paper explains that learning to control anger is an essential and crucial part of upbringing; however, teaching children to manage their anger can be perplexing, tiring and stressful for adults. The paper points out that the objective for parents and teachers is never to hold back or obliterate angry feelings among children but instead to acknowledge this feeling and to show angry children suitable means of articulating their feelings in firm rather than violent ways. The paper stresses that an important part of teaching anger control is for the adult to control their own anger thus demonstrating efficient anger management tactics to the child.

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"An adult who show interest as "Show me how the toy operates" can at times easily prevent a child who is about to use a toy in a harmful way. You're feelings must be conveyed to the child. For instance, a parent can say, "the noise you are making does not usually trouble me, but today I am not feeling well, so you can do something else, which you enjoy the most?" Only when essential, physical command must be used. At times children may exhaust control so fully that they have to be bodily controlled to stop them from harming themselves or others. During such times we must have the child in arms until it becomes quiet and is able to pay attention to you."

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