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My 3 yr old is too angry and aggressive

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can anyone please help me with some advice i really dont know how to handle my three year old son, he is extremely angry and aggressive most of the time me and his father are very quiet non violent parents and yet our son seems to be the exact opposite, it breaks my heart to see my son so angry all the time, he will kick and punch us and even headbutt us when he is picked up and when there is other young children around i get very scared cause i really dont want him to seriously hurt someone, i have taken him to doctors and paediatricians and they say he is just going through a "stage" and will soon get over it but they dont listen to me properly cause connor has been like this ever since he was really little, i think there is more to it than just a "stage". PLEASE HELP ME AND MY SON!!
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I would also take your son to see a developmental pediatrician for an evaluation.
Good luck and please keep us posted.
Positive Discipline (there is a series of these for different age groups).
The Incredible Years by Dr Carolyn Webster-Stratton. She's a licensed clinical psychologist that has done TONS of research over the last 25 yrs and over 3000 families. It goes very much along with what Positive Discipline is proposing. Her book is about play and praise for good behavior. She does say that the more angry/agressive the child the more praise can pull them out of it. I have seena huge difference in my son and we are only on week 5 of the 10 week class.
Check out www.incredibleyears.com OUr classes are totally free and payed for by the county, I found out about our class through my parents as teachers program. I don't know if the website has any info about classes in your area but I think reading the PD books or IY book will surely make a difference. Good luck.
My boy is frustrated a lot because he has three older brothers and 3 older quasi-stepsiblings who can all do more stuff than him and I think it just makes him mad as hell. So he tries to be controlling. He even tied a shoelace around my 6 year olds neck this morning and tried to lead him around the house. He just wishes he was a big boss and it makes him act like a little tyrant. The more stuff he can do on his own, the better he feels about himself, and the less tyrannical he is. Also he responds well to genuine praise. Like when he dresses himself I get all happy and we do high fives and he struts around and doesn't bug anyone for a little while. He'll say "I dressed myself!". He's also very proud of himself for going to preschool. "I go to preschool!" So maybe a preschool program is good for these types. Good luck to you, it will get better. I have four wild little boys and I can guarantee you that they do improve as they get older.