How do I raise my child to calm down?

Dealing with difficult moods

A child can be taught to calm down by helping him overcome difficult moods that he may feel, and this can be done by providing him with the basics. such as good food and adequate sleep, giving the child his own time, showing attention and love for him, focusing on his strengths, searching for his positive qualities and showing appreciation for such qualities; Such as flexibility, positivity, and adaptability, in addition to the need to be patient, empathetic, and interpret the child's moods when dealing with him.

Teach the child to self-control

The child can be taught to calm down by helping him learn how to control himself, so that the child becomes able to make appropriate decisions, and respond to stressful situations in ways that give positive results, and the child can be taught by telling him that his screaming is in an attempt to get something, which is a punishment will deny him his possession forever; In the case of a child's desire to eat ice cream before dinner, self-control can lead to the child's understanding that anger will lead to preventing him from ice cream forever, which leads to him being patient to obtain it quietly.

Role-playing techniques

The child's emotional responses that lead to anger can be regulated by playing the roles of some situations. As some situations can be done at home easily, with siblings or friends, by placing parents in situations that require different reactions by the child, and discussing these reactions; To choose the most appropriate ones in life, and this method helps in giving the child an opportunity to think about the situation before it actually occurs, and some books such as “Children’s Anger Management Games” contain games and activities for such matters.

Parents practice mindfulness training and meditation techniques

Meditation techniques and total awareness can be followed to help increase the individual's self-awareness, as increased self-awareness contributes to thinking of impractical thoughts and actions before exploding in anger, and this requires the individual to notice what is going on around him, and to take the time to slow down the pace of events, and to notice the scenes and sensations of daily activities.

Evaluate the child's anger

The child can be raised to be calm by providing a measure of the extent of the child’s anger, so that this method helps the child to become more aware of his feelings of anger, in order for the child to know the appropriate time to use strategies that help reduce anger, and an anger scale ranging in numbers between 0 and 10 can be used. -10, and add expressions for these numbers; For example, the number zero can express calmness, while the number XNUMX expresses a state of intense anger, and so on. The child must also be taught how to reduce the level of anger by moving away from the situation and looking for a quiet place to think, or by asking for the help of an adult.