10 More Ways of Helping Kids Deal with Anger

I have done a post before on 10 Ways to Calm an Angry Child. I want to give you some more tools to handle anger in a child.

I also want to encourage you to get to the root of true anger. Kids can become angry and frustrated just because they’re kids and don’t know how to handle their emotions yet. This can come from simple things like not getting exactly what they want. You may experience signs of anger. Some kids naturally have a more aggressive bent. However, other kids have true reasons to be angry. This often stems from division in spouse relationships.  It can also be an evil being done to them – the evil can by physical or verbal. Sometimes there might be issues with other children at school or relationships with siblings. Maybe there are frustrations because of struggles in learning or developing.

Try to get to the root of it. Please try to not live in denial about the roots. If it is something that is being imposed on them because of the relationship with your spouse, please try and fix it. It effects your kids more than you know. If it’s something external, help them.

However, we need to be willing to tell our children that their feelings of anger should not be kept inside and pent up. They need tools to express it in a healthy way. Try and not let these activities become a reward for aggressive or angry behavior. If you can catch them quickly before it turns negative and pre-emptively strike, that’s the best idea.