Even if your child is angry, they need to learn that there is a right and a wrong way to handle those emotions. When you're upset, you might want to yell or bite, but you've learned alternative ways of expression and you owe it to your child to socialize them accordingly. Glickman believes that unfortunately, parents today think any behavior — even bad behavior — is just the way that their toddler is expressing themselves and therefore they can't tell them no because they don't want their kids to feel like they can't share their frustration. "Yes, of course, you should encourage your child to voice his or her frustration; you shouldn’t get your toddler or preschooler to bottle up their angry feelings inside, but there are ways for them to learn to express it without biting, without hitting, without whining," Glickman said. "Whether you like it or not, it’s up to you as a parent to teach them this skill."
