Children biting, hitting & screaming isn’t always a bad sign - I'm a psychotherapist and this is why - thejjReport
EVEN the best behaved children can really test their parents' patience when they lash out – especially if their episodes are in public.
However while it can be extremely difficult to deal with an angry outburst, rest assured lashing out isn’t always something to worry about.
Yasmin says: “The first thing I would say is that it’s not all bad for a child to lash out – whether its breaking something, screaming, running off, kicking, or biting.
Yasmin says: “Due to their brain development, depending what age they are, they don't have the ability to process these “big emotions” like feeling unsafe, insecure, – they don’t even know what they are feeling.
“A parent’s job is to nurture their kids so – in effect they became civilised human beings.”
“I know this can be really difficult especially when as a parent you are any of these – tired, late, hungry, time poor, worrying about bills or just bloody worn out.
“As the founder of Mangermania – the School for Anger the first thing I work with parents is how they respond to their children when their kids are playing up.
“As a parent I can share with you – I have in the past truly felt bullied by my then four-year-old. I just used to give in just so they would stop screaming.
“As hard as it may sound, it can be done – It took me a while to resist the tears.”
“Once you understand more what it is your child through their unhelpful behaviour is trying to tell you – its relatively easy to make changes & help them process their emotions so they can communicate in a more helpful way.”