When this happens, touch control may be the answer. Touch control is when a child is behaving in an undesirable way, the adult goes to the child and puts her hand on the child. Touching may serve to meet the needs of affection for the child, who is always in trouble. The child will sometimes continue to get into trouble, just to get touched. Hypodermic Affection Hypodermic affection is the deliberate act by an adult giving special doses of love and affection to a child or group of children, when they seem to be reacting to an increase of jealousy or worrying about being accepted by the adult.
Hypodermic love is just like a hypodermic needle, it gets under the skin.
One day you may observe a child on the verge of a temper tantrum, or a group of children whose activity level is raising to a point of getting out of hand. The kidding, if done with real humor and not sarcasm, may relieve the child of his growing tension and the trouble you saw approaching. A child may be involved in a problem solving activity like putting together a model airplane or doing an assignment, when he runs into a step which seems impossible to solve. His frustration grows and if left unattended, may end in a grand show of anger. This can be avoided by giving the child a little help at the point where he's about to explode, thus helping him over the hurdle.