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[quote=Anonymous]My son was like this at 5. He is almost 7 now and rarely gets physical but he sometimes still has a very intense anger response. He will shout hurtful things or start throwing things, etc. We have done everything posters talk about above and the most effective is counting to three after warning about what will be taken away if he doesn’t stop the extreme behavior by the count of three. This didn’t work when he was younger but he is mature enough now to process it. He is usually very happy and a great kid but he has always been intense, willful, and prone to tantrums. No diagnoses of anything. Very well behaved at school and excels academically, very social with lots of friends. I would not pathologize this behavior unless you see other signs of ADD, etc.

Like others have said, triggers for this behavior are lack of sleep and too much screen time so we try to be very aware of that, and don’t overschedule. And we just try to enforce boundaries as consistently as possible and talk about emotions whenever possible, too. He loves to do that once he calms down.[/quote]

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