Questions tagged [aggression]
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what shall I do my 12 year old daughter is out of control
My 12 year old daughter has been a nightmare in the past few months. On her good days she is the sweetest most helpful girl but these are becoming very rare. She loves her sporting activities but ...
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How do we help our 6 year old son with dangerous behaviors?
Our son has been making some really bad choices lately and we don't know how to help him anymore. A few weeks ago he was playing with his new multitool from scouts but was running in the yard with it ...
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How can we motivate a young adult without breaking the family?
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One of my children is in her early 20's and deeply stuck. She has
finished high school during the first COVID-19 lockdown, has then had a short stint at living alone and studying (aborted ...
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Techniques to handle a stubborn newborn that doesn't want to sleep
Hellooow, I'm dad now. I am since about 3 weeks. Being an engineer my brain is addicted to solving problems. Right now my biggest problem is an unproportionally aggressive, stubborn and winey newborn. ...
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Toddler struggling to adjust to new class in daycare
My 2.4 year old is struggling to adjust to his new daycare class, with him refusing to get into the car, crying when we leave the house, crying hysterically when I walk him to his class, hurting his ...
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My son is venting steam by abusing his cousin
My son is nearly 3 and a half, and in the kindergarten everyone knows him as gentle, friendly and polite.
He has two cousins, 2 and 0.5, living less than a kilometer from us, so they meet several ...
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How to stop a kid from beating head against things when he's upset?
When upset, my 1.5-year-old beats his head against things. He also bangs the back of his head on the floor dropping it once when he falls backward to hit the ground (himself). He's never gotten a ...
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Can we say "bad boy" to my 2-year-old son if he misbehaves or does something which we don't like?
My 2-year-old son has learnt a new word "No" recently. He is aware of what "No" indicates and when to tell this in the perfect situation. If he doesn't like anything or if we change the channels on ...
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How to handle an 11-year-old boy who doesn't study anymore and reacts aggressively towards me?
My 11-year-old son is now in class 5. Until class 4, he was good in studies, scoring around 90 %, but from this academic year he has not been showing interest in studies. He does not complete his ...
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Explaining to children about one parent's silent treatment of the other
My wife is an emotionally abusive partner (a few details in this question). Our marriage is likely to end in the next few months, but though I have moved out we have both said that we will work on ...
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How to stop my 5-year-old from being very combative to my 2-year-old?
I am a single mother of 2 boys. My 5-year-old is very combative to my non-verbal 2-year-old. Earlier today he said he "hated" his brother. He is constantly mean to my baby! Just right after I got to ...
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How do I settle a 2-month-old who wants to be carried all the time?
My child is 2 months ++ old and wants to be held and carried around or they kick and yell. Cuddling them isn't sufficient, you need to be stood up and moving around. It's boring, tiring and makes you ...
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Why is my 4-year-old child more aggressive now?
My child recently turned 4 late this summer. We've noticed he has been more aggressive lately.
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I've pretend wrestled, boxed, and sword fought with my child before his third birthday. I ...
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Handling toddler aggression towards my child
My 2yo daughter was playing on a playground, rotating on a kind of one-person carousel. A 2.5, maybe 3yo boy approached her, obviously (to me) wanting to sit on it and use it. The boy immediately ...
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How to help my 6-year-old who does a lot of self talking, becomes aggressive at school and lacks concentration in studies?
My 6-year-old son is in year 1 and he was doing really good in studies until last month. But, he is a bit lazy and does not usually take care of his belongings and is never ready to take any ...
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How do you manage an aggressive child?
He's 2. He keeps hitting adults for fun. How do I teach him that this is wrong and should not be done? How do I teach the concept of "this is good, this is bad" to a 2-year-old?
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How can I teach my son to behave nicely in the playground when other children make it hard?
I've been trying to teach my 3 and a half year old son to treat other children nicely and to try and resolve all conflicts without aggression, by talking. We've been talking about the issue and agreed ...
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