This article is for parents that have a child that gets very angry.
Maybe your child also hits, or swears, or blames you when they are upset. Maybe they have wild, screaming meltdowns.
This article is for you if want to support your child to get past their angry outburst without it becoming a battle between you.
You know your child is suffering and you want to help them rather than just make them feel worse about themselves.
Warning: This article isn’t going to provide a quick fix. But it might change your life in unexpected ways.
You’ve probably tried everything you can think of, but it just keeps happening
I know. I’ve been there.
I have two sons and they both feel things deeply. They have both been through periods of their lives where they experienced explosive anger.
This has sometimes been abrupt outbursts of rage. There was intense screaming and crying. Often there was physical lashing out, hitting and blaming their upset on someone close; usually me.
These outbursts were triggered by something, but it was not always possible to work out what that was. Even if the trigger seemed clear, there may not have been a way to avoid it.
From the start, I was clear about what I didn’t want to do.
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