Home › Welcome to the ADDitude Forums › For Parents › Behavior & Discipline › Son’s aggressionFirst time poster here. We are really struggling wwith our 5 year old’s aggression.
When he feels emotionally hurt, he retaliates by physically hurting the other child. It is though he gets ‘stuck’ in how unjustly someone has treated him and can be very malicious in his retaliation.
Yesterday after feeling excluded by a neighbour, he got a rock and scratched her with it. I was mortified at his behaviour but also aware of how bad he felt about doing it.
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