Anger is often associated with negative things, but anger is a normal emotion. But in children, usually they still don't understand how to manage and deal with the different emotions they feel, including anger.
But if left alone, children will not learn and know various emotions such as anger and will later cause various problems. For example, in academics, rejection among peers, to poor mental health in adulthood.
With a prolonged and detrimental impact on the child, anger management needs to be introduced and taught from an early age. For that, recognize the child's growth in identifying emotions and teach how to overcome them by understanding the following points. Come on, see!
Since When Do Children Start Recognizing Emotions?
Research cited by All Around Parenting explains that children begin to learn the emotional skills needed to identify, express, and manage their feelings from the moment they are born.
Social interactions with parents, grandparents, and other family members help build children's emotional skills as they continue to grow.
By ages 3 and 4, children know what they like and don't like. As their personality develops each day, they are able to express themselves better, such as by venting their anger.
Although children at this age may not necessarily be able to manage and control their emotions well, they can still understand and even distinguish between good and bad feelings.
By the age of 5, a child has usually made great progress in his emotional development. Children find it easier to talk about their emotions.
However, not every child learns and grows at the same rate. Some children may find it difficult to manage these emotions and anger.
Why is Anger Management So Important?
Anger management can help build a child's awareness of an emotion, namely anger, and increase their ability to apply better self-control skills. For anger management to be successful, it is important for children to take responsibility for their anger and avoid taking their emotions out on other people or events.
Effective anger management can allow children to recognize their anger and have more control over what they do. This can increase emotional intelligence and self-improvement in children.
How to Teach Anger Management to Children
Identifying, explaining, discussing, and showing different emotions are some steps parents can take to help their child's emotional development from an early age.
It is very important for parents to train their children to identify, name, interpret and use their emotions in healthy ways. This will help the child to understand why he is feeling the way he is feeling and to learn a new language that can express himself better.
Anger is a feeling of irritation or displeasure. While anger itself is a healthy and normal emotion, children who don't understand it properly can act aggressively.
Let's Teach Anger Management to Children from an Early Age
It is important to explain to your child that even though he may feel angry, he can still control how he behaves when he is angry. Children can also learn a lot just by observing their parents, so parents need to model healthy ways to deal with anger. If parents are gentle when angry, that's what they will catch and emulate.
Then, teach children to communicate when they are angry and help them verbally express why they are feeling certain emotions at that time. Ask simple questions like “how are you feeling?” and “what or who made you feel angry?” will encourage them to talk about their feelings rather than just behaving aggressively.
It is very important for children to learn how to deal with and manage their anger. Although it can be difficult at times, training your child to deal with his feelings is a way that will help your child grow in the long run.