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One would have to question if yelling, negotiating, and arguing with a child is the norm worldwide. If not, how do other parents manage to be calmer parents sans the tension and power struggles? Some families from hunting-gathering villages are highlighted as an example of calmer parenting.
Calmer Parents Rarely Need to Tell Their Kids What to Do
Anthropologist Sheina Lew-Levy conducted a study with BaYaka hunter-gatherers in Central Africa. She observed adults rarely needed to tell their children what to do, which is only about three verbal commands per hour, Time shared. The anthropologist noted such parents interfered minimally, have confidence in the children, and restrained themselves from constant meddling.
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Anger management for kids is essential as children will grow using these strategies when they get frustrated in life. Anger is a powerful emotion that affects the person physically while also affecting the people and things surrounding them. To avoid destructive anger, it is wise to teach a child strategies to cope with this emotion.
Deep-Breathing Techniques to Deal with Anger
A parent went viral for sharing a parenting tip that helped deal with their child s anger and frustrations. The parent said it had been six months since the child learned this strategy and continues to use it, Pop Sugar revealed. The kid-friendly deep-breathing technique can be taught even to preschoolers.
1. Recognize what your toddler feels.
It may sound a little odd. However, although toddler tantrums may already sound chaotic, the best way to approach it is by staying calm and speaking to your child in a way that lets them know you validate or recognize their feelings.
By doing so, you are not only calming the situation, but you are also teaching your child how to manage their feelings.
Although you are validating your child s feelings, it is still important not to immediately give in to their request, especially if it is something that they are no longer allowed to have or do.