🔥 Mastering Anger: Helping Toddlers Cope with Aggression (Part I:ages 2-7)

Anger is a natural part of early emotional life and small kids enjoy it very much! But it’s a strong feeling that can get out of control and become very frightening. In this class, we are going to understand aggression as a developmental stage and a defense mechanism (displacement). We ‘ll learn together that anger should be allowed and how fear of anger complicates the child’s emotional development. The parents’ struggles with their own aggression plays a critical role here.

We’ll also explore how to tame aggression and what you can do when your child hits you by offering acceptable, healthy outlets for angry feelings, and helping children put these strong emotions into words. Anger, when understood, becomes a tool for self-defense and self-assertion — not destruction. By supporting toddlers through these big emotions, we foster emotional regulation, resilience, and trust.