Learn about anger management techniques for children, and get tips to help cool your kids off. Anger, a mostly normal emotion, can transform into something straight painful and ugly. If you think of anger issues a couple fighting, a parent abusing a child, a teenager lashing out at a teacher or a parent come to your mind, but you rarely images of angry children come to mind.
Unfortunately children, at very young ages, have to deal with feelings of anger and rage too. This is a truth which is often difficult to understand or manage for the parents.
You can help your child to move the excess energy, stress or anger into something positive, this can be done easily through art. Children are naturally attuned to creative expression. Many just need to be given the space, time and materials for creative transformation to take place.
Make the choice of main objective of this activity. Giving the child reluctant choice is the best way to get their cooperation. Some tools and materials to choose from are: handmade pasta, paper mache, paint, crayons, pencils, brushes, plastic spoons and forks, potatoes, paper, strips of newspaper and cardboard materials.
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