Angry Love and Ruthless Compassion: Sometimes it is the only way children know how to get LOVE!

How to understand WHY children feel so angry? What are strategies to quell such intense behaviors. Angry Love: A child’s desperate attempt to get their needs met the only way they know how. This usually comes in the form of intense aggressive, negative behavior (foul language, hitting, spitting, and kicking). Here is an opportunity to integrate many mental health principles into the ECE world. Today's teachers need to the importance of mental health in the classroom setting. Understanding a child’s negative behaviors in a Non defensive manner, responding with empathy, patience, thoughtfulness, and understanding.