my grandson is in a dysfunctional home situtation when he gets angry he hits himself, why?
I'm assuming this is a pretty young child? You said he's in a dysfunctional home situation. When kids are going through a hard time emotionally, they may lack the verbal skills to express how they feel or may act to to gain attention. Perhaps he needs a change in his living arrangement, or some counselling.
Just the work dysfunctional home is enough to get him checked. I do not know your situation, but I would have him stay with you until the home situation gets hopefully better.
it's his way od "acting out" in that environment. all the best to u
Any type of injuries given to oneself...hitting/cutting...is to feel the pain on the outside instead of always on the inside. External pain can be controlled and only lasts for a limited period of time.
Your grandson needs to go to a counselor to help relieve the pain on the inside before he resorts to more drastic measures.
You don't say how old he is, but lots of toddlers hit themselves. Sometime older kids do it too - because they think it's funny.
As a child, I'd periodically hit myself in anger, and while I'll admit that I did it into an odd age (up to age 12), my home wasn't awful, and I grew up to be a productive, sociable person.
you said he's in a dysfunctional home situation, he's probably angry about something and that's the only way he knows to release his anger
my son isnt being raised in a dysfunctional home, and he use to do it. He would get sooo mad his whole body would shake and he would hit himself on the legs. weve had to work with him ALOT on his anger issues, and i actually considered taking him to a developemental behavioral counselor (his bio dad was a nut- i thought it may have been passed down lol) but he eventually grew out of it with lots of love and positive reinforcement. when he started getting mad (U ccould always tell bc his arms would start to shake) we would talk to him and ask him what was the matter and get him a cup of juice and a snack to see if we could focus his attention elsewere and food was and still is something that makes him happy lol. he is a very high strung kid- lots of energy and wether he was sad mad or happy the energy had to be expelled somehow. you need to talk to his mom and dad about their positive reinforcement with him when he does this, do they hit him or anything? is he neglected often?
because he doesn't know any other way to express his frustration.
poor little guy.
khairete
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