From Frustration to Aggression: Understanding Children's Behavior #parentingadvice #shorts

We cannot keep our kids from ever getting frustrated, but we can learn how to help them process and let go of this frustration. Frustration builds up, and at some point it's gonna blow up into aggression, like hitting or kicking. I tell my clients, and it's like their children have a sort of frustration tank inside and that all sorts of little and medium and big frustrations are going into that tank all day long. Things that are really obvious to us and probably some other things that we overlook or would think are no big deal. As adults. If that frustration tank gets really full, your child is going to be aggressive. It's just going to happen. As parents, a good mindset to have is that we are the manager of that frustration tank until our children can manage it themselves. Setting limits with kids is about managing that frustration tank so it doesn't spill over into aggression. But it's also about helping your children become adults who are emotionally resilient because they learn to notice when those feelings are building up in themselves and how to process them and how to let them go.