Mastering Anger and Aggression: The Brazelton Way

Mastering Anger and Aggression: The Brazelton Way

Mastering Anger and Aggression: The Brazelton Way

Mastering Anger and Aggression: The Brazelton Way

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Overview

How to react when your toddler bites his playmate or your kindergartner confronts a bully? Drs. Brazelton and Sparrow bring their much-admired insight and support to this crucial, and ever more timely, childrearing challenge. From an early age, babies and toddlers need to assert themselves in a daunting world, yet eventually learn to do this without hurting others. After showing how aggression emerges at each age, Brazelton and Sparrow offer practical, wise advice on anger, fights, self-defense, the fears and nightmares that arise when children become aware of their own and others — aggression, the effects of TV and video games, and of experiencing real life violence. They offer specific, effective ways to help children understand their own aggressive feelings and channel them into healthy self-assertion in schoolwork, games, and sports.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780738210063
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 04/13/2005
Series: Brazelton Way Series
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

T. Berry Brazelton, MD was professor emeritus of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and adjunct professor of psychiatry, human behavior, and pediatrics at Brown University.

Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D., child psychiatrist and supervisor of inpatient psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Director of Training at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center. He is co-author with Dr. Brazelton of Touchpoints Three to Six and several titles in the Brazelton Way series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsxv
Prefacexvii
Chapter 1Helping Young Children Understand and Master Their Angry Feelings1
The First Angry Feelings2
Self-Assertion4
Identifying and Naming Angry Feelings5
Handling Angry Feelings6
Temperament and Individual Differences7
Ghosts from the Nursery8
From Culture to Culture: Expressing Angry Feelings9
Touchpoints of Learning to Handle Angry Feelings10
Challenges to Self-Control11
Chapter 2The Touchpoints of Aggression15
Is a Fetus Already Learning?16
The Newborn Touchpoint17
3 Weeks20
8 to 12 Weeks22
4 to 5 Months23
8 Months28
12 Months30
16 to 18 Months37
2 to 3 Years43
4 Years48
5 to 6 Years59
Chapter 3Everyday Opportunities for Mastering Anger and Aggression71
Anger71
Biting86
Bullying and Teasing92
Hitting, Kicking, and Scratching99
Self-Defense and Martial Arts105
Sports and Aggression107
Tantrums and Self-Control117
Television, Videos, and Computer Games128
Toy Guns, Action Figures, and Other Aggressive Toys and Games138
Witnessing Aggression140
Bibliography149
Books for Parents149
Books for Children150
Books for Professionals151
Web Sites152
Videotapes153
Index155
About the Authors171
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