By Onita Nakra, elementary school counselor. That's the big question. Very young children find it specially hard to control their feelings because they see issues from their own perspective and aren't very good at putting themselves into another person's shoes. Of all the emotions, anger is probably the most negative and isolating. A child may find he's lost a friend if he chooses to punch, hit or bite, rather than share the swing.
Different things can make a child angry.
He gets angry if things don't go his way, or, if a friend teases or calls names. At the end of the day, anger could be fueled by exhaustion, hunger, or lack of sleep. Some children are quicker to 'explode' than others. One child may keep her feelings hidden deep within herself and then all it takes is one casual shove or push in the line to make her react. Anger is a negative yet powerful emotion.