Let children know how their behavior affects you. Children who are acting aggressively or obnoxiously can benefit from holding, in a loving and supportive way, that allows them to channel their pent-up feelings into healing tears. Use the time for listening, sharing feelings, holding, and conflict-resolution. Many conflict situations can be turned into games. Play your part by surrendering dramatically.
Laughter helps resolve anger and feelings of powerlessness.
Discuss ongoing conflicts with your children, state your own needs, and ask for their help in finding solutions. Determine rules together. Hold family meetings. Young children have intense feelings and needs, and are naturally loud, curious, messy, willful, impatient, demanding, creative, forgetful, fearful, self-centered, and full of energy. Try to accept them as they are.