Aggression

In the latest parenting issue for May they posted many techniques for helping when your child becomes aggressive. Aggression is a very natural part of growing up for any child. There are no ways you can prevent your child's aggression; but there are ways you can help.

1.) Let your child know there are other options. When he insist on pretending Batman killed Robin, tell him it would be a better idea for Batman to take Robin to jail.

2.)Make sure you set out one on one time with your child. Aggression is a sign of wanting to be noticed.

3.) Lastly the more important thing to do to help your child make the right choice when it comes to having anger and aggression is setting a good example yourself. Make a note of your actions and how you deal with aggression...its real likely that your child will want to do the same as you.

Check out the rest of these great tips on helping with aggression at parenting.com

http://www.parenting.com/parenting/child/article/0,19840,1589916,00.html