The Importance Of Aggression In Children

Aggression in children is a trait that is picked up by children from their surroundings and the people they interact with during their formative stages of life. Aggressive behavior covers a number of actions and habits that transcend through various modes of violence, such as bullying, physical fighting, verbal aggression and abuse, robbery, and the like (Felthous & Sass, 2007). The aggressive behavior as noted above starts from children when they begin to pick up different behaviors and mannerisms. Aggressive behavior starts from the early age and rises to its peak at around the age of four, after which it is expected to decline. During this period, the child is mostly at home and is given very little attention since the parents and other care givers at home have other activities to attend to (Smallwood, 2003).
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When a student has realized that they have made mistakes through aggressive behavior and actually show remorse, the teacher has to assist the student recover by providing them with the opportunity to correct their action. This will give the teacher a chance to give the student praise and positive reinforcement, as well as give the student another outlet for these aggressive tendencies. Praise is considered one of the best ways through which positive reinforcement of good behavior is achieved. Teachers can give aggressive students extra responsibility so that the child feels worthy and trusted. If the child accomplishes the tasks well, praise must be given accordingly (Miller, 2008). Positive feedback must be given immediately to affirm the student that this behavior is correct and make the student feel like his efforts are being acknowledged. Likewise, if the student is behaving badly, negative feedback must be given as well, in order to nip bad behavior in the bud and allow the student to make decisions on his own (Smallwood,