Anger Management
Why Does My Daughter Get So Angry When I Try To Speak With Her?
Have you ever asked your teen how her day was only to be met with contempt and anger? As children develop into teenagers, seemingly innocuous questions can trigger teens, resulting in anger on her part and confusion on yours. Some amount of teen anger and emotional reactivity is normal as teens try to navigate separating…
Read MoreManaging a Melodramatic Middle-Schooler: What To Do?
From a young age, girls tend to emote more than their male peers. An article from Psychology Today tell us: “Females often have a larger hippocampus, our human memory center. Females also often have a higher density of neural connections into the hippocampus. As a result, girls and women tend to input or absorb more…
Read MoreBeyond “Terrible Two’s: When Your Tween Daughter is Throwing Temper Tantrums
Young children throw temper tantrums before they have the ability to communicate what they’re feeling when they lack the emotional intelligence to understand and meet their own needs. Temper tantrums can look like emotional meltdowns or aggressive outbursts. If your middle school aged daughter is throwing temper tantrums, it’s not because she’s not mature enough…
Read MoreFinding Help for Your 10-Year Old Daughter with Anger Issues
Sometimes it is hard to understand how your 10 year old daughter may have so many anger issues at such a young age, especially if they are starting to escalate through adolescence. Anger is understood as a secondary emotion that is caused by an inability to process uncomfortable primary emotions, like fear and sadness. Her…
Read MoreFive Tips for Dealing with Defiance In Children
Has your child’s strong willed nature turned into all out defiance? Defiance in children can get out of control at times. When your child acts out against authority figures and pretty much every adult in her life, it’s really hard to put a complete stop to their behavior. However, there are some ways you can…
Read MoreShort fuses in small packages: Anger management for teens
Teenager and anger have long been synonymous. The particular mix of hormones and the change in world view and the very real physical changes—both the body and situational changes like starting high school, making new friends, losing friends, etc.—can make a teen angry. Some teens, however, are angrier than others. If you notice that your…
Read MoreHow to Help with Anger Management in Children
Parents are supposed to be the heads of the household, raising obedient and positive children. However, for households that have a child who is unable to control their emotions and behaviors, the children often tyrannizes the entire family. Even at a young age, they can be difficult to communicate with and impossible to control. Though at times…
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